# US 11,310,867 B2 · Method and apparatus of controlling secondary cell

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- Number: US 11,310,867 B2
- Document ID: US11310867B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/883,996
- Filed: 2020-05-26
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-27
- Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Inventors: Cong Shi; Yixue Lei
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310867B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04L 5/0098: {Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands}
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method and an apparatus of controlling a secondary cell (SCell) are provided. The method of controlling the SCell for new radio carrier aggregation of a user equipment includes receiving at least one of downlink control information (DCI) and a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from a network node, wherein the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicates control a SCell, the method includes determining whether to apply or ignore the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE, and controlling the SCell according to the determination.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment of controlling a secondary cell (SCell), comprising:
a memory;
a transceiver; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the transceiver to receive at least one of downlink control information (DCI) and a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from a network node, wherein the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicates control of a SCell;
determine whether to apply or ignore the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE; and
control the SCell according to the determination, wherein
in response to that the transceiver receives the DCI and the MAC CE simultaneously, the MAC CE indicating activation of the SCell, and the DCI indicating deactivation of the SCell, the processor is configured to ignore one of the DCI and the MAC CE, and apply the other one of the DCI and the MAC CE to control the SCell.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein when the transceiver receives the DCI, the processor controlling the SCell according to the determination comprises:
the processor applying the DCI to control the SCell.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein when the transceiver sequentially receives the MAC CE and the DCI, and both of the MAC CE and the DCI are determined to be applied, the processor controlling the SCell according to the determination comprises:
the processor sequentially applying the MAC CE and the DCI to control the SCell.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message which indicates one of the DCI and the MAC CE will be applied by the processor to control the SCell.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicating control of the SCell comprises: the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicating activation or deactivation of the SCell.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The user equipment of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to activate or deactivate the SCell.

### Claim 7

A method of controlling a secondary cell (SCell) of a user equipment, comprising:
receiving at least one of downlink control information (DCI) and a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from a network node, wherein the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicates control of a SCell;
determining whether to apply or ignore the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE; and
controlling the SCell according to the determination, wherein
in response to that the DCI and the MAC CE are received simultaneously, the MAC CE indicating activation of the SCell, and the DCI indicating deactivation of the SCell, ignoring one of the DCI and the MAC CE, and applying the other one of the DCI and the MAC CE to control the SCell.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein when receiving the DCI, controlling the SCell according to the determination comprises:
applying the DCI to control the SCell.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein when sequentially receiving the MAC CE and the DCI, and both of the MAC CE and the DCI are determined to be applied, controlling the SCell according to the determination comprises:
sequentially applying the MAC CE and the DCI to control the SCell.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message which indicates one of the DCI and the MAC CE will be applied to control the SCell.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicating control of the SCell comprises:
the at least one of the DCI and the MAC CE indicating activation or deactivation of the SCell.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising activating or deactivating the SCell.