WO2019028832A1 - 激活辅小区的方法、通信装置和网络设备 - Google Patents
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- the present application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically to a method, a communication device, and a network device for activating a secondary cell in the field of communications.
- a primary cell is a cell operating on a primary frequency band for a user equipment (UE).
- UE user equipment
- SCell secondary cell
- RRC radio resource control
- the terminal device In the process of the secondary cell activation, the terminal device first receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device. If the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes the secondary cell addition signaling, the terminal device sends the RRC connection configuration message. The carrier is added as a secondary cell. Thereafter, the terminal device receives an activation command of the secondary cell, indicating that the activation process begins. After the terminal device completes the hardware preparation, that is, after the activation process is completed, an uplink (UL) signal is sent to the network device to notify the network device that the secondary cell is successfully activated. After receiving the uplink signal correctly, the network device sends a scheduling command (signaling or data) to the terminal device, where the signaling or data is used to notify the terminal device to perform data reception or transmission.
- UL uplink
- the uplink signal will continue to be transmitted according to the configuration information in the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message.
- the network device sends signaling to the terminal device after the time of the maximum activation time configured by the system. Or data.
- the transmission period of the uplink signal is long, the activation delay is large.
- the network resource for transmitting the uplink signal consumes a large amount.
- the present application provides a method, a communication device, and a network device for activating a secondary cell.
- the uplink signal can be sent in a short period. After the activation of the secondary cell is completed, a large period or a scheduling-based The way to send the uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- a method for activating a secondary cell includes: after receiving a secondary cell activation command sent by a network device, the terminal device sends the first time to the network device according to the first period after receiving the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device.
- the second period is greater than the first period, or the terminal device sends a second uplink signal to the network device according to the manner in which the network device is scheduled after the second time unit.
- the method for activating a secondary cell provided by the first aspect in the secondary cell activation process, that is, the first time unit after receiving the activation command from the terminal device, to the time unit that receives the scheduling command or reaches the longest activation time
- the first uplink signal is sent to the network device according to the first period, and the probability that the network device receives the first uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated is increased, so that the network device can receive earlier.
- the first uplink signal is sent, so that the scheduling command is sent to the terminal device according to the first uplink signal earlier, which shortens the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and reduces the activation delay.
- the terminal device After receiving the scheduling command, the terminal device sends the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, which reduces network resources used to send the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the method before the terminal device receives the secondary cell activation command, the method further includes: receiving, by the terminal device, a configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, the configuration message At least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information based on a manner of scheduling the network device, and configuration information of the first period.
- the first uplink signal includes a first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS, where the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS .
- the first time unit is a time unit that the terminal device can send the first uplink signal to the network device.
- the first period is 1 ms or 1 TTI, or one time slot, or one sTTI.
- a method for activating a secondary cell includes: after the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device, starting from the first time unit, the network device receives the terminal device to send according to the first period. a first uplink signal; the network device determining a second time unit, the second time unit being a time unit for which the longest activation time arrives or a time unit for transmitting a scheduling command to the terminal device; the network device being in the second time unit Then, receiving the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the second period, or receiving the second uplink signal according to the manner scheduled by the network device, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the method for activating a secondary cell provided by the second aspect, the network device starts with a first time unit that sends an activation command, and sends a scheduling command or a time unit that reaches a maximum activation time, according to a smaller first period Receiving the first uplink signal, increasing the probability that the network device receives the first uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated, so that the network device can receive the first uplink signal earlier, and shortening the network device
- the time taken for the secondary cell to be activated successfully is known, and the activation delay is reduced.
- the network device receives the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, and reduces network resources consumed by the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the method before the network device sends the secondary cell activation command to the terminal device, the method further includes: the network device sending, to the terminal device, a configuration message of the secondary cell, the configuration The message includes at least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information based on a manner in which the network device is scheduled, and configuration information of the first period.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS, where the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS .
- the first time unit is a time unit that the terminal device can send the first uplink signal to the network device.
- the first period is 1 ms or 1 TTI, or a time slot, or a short TTI.
- a third aspect provides a method for activating a secondary cell, where the method includes: the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in a third time unit; the network device starts from the third time unit, according to the first cycle The terminal device sends a first pilot signal; the network device determines a fourth time unit, where the fourth time unit is a time unit reached by the longest activation time or a time unit for the network device to send a scheduling command to the terminal device; After the fourth time unit, the network device sends a second pilot signal to the terminal device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the third aspect provides a method for activating a secondary cell.
- a secondary cell activation process that is, during a period in which the network device sends an activation command and a scheduling command, the network device sends the first guide to the terminal device according to a smaller first period.
- the frequency signal increases the probability that the terminal device receives the first pilot signal for downlink synchronization, so that the terminal device can complete the downlink synchronization earlier, thereby completing the hardware preparation work earlier, so that the network can be earlier to the network.
- the device sends an uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been successfully activated, and the network device can send the scheduling command earlier according to the uplink signal.
- the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell is successfully activated can be reduced, and the activation delay is reduced.
- the network device After the scheduling command is sent, the network device sends the second pilot signal in a second, larger period, which reduces the network resources consumed by sending the second pilot signal. Therefore, the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after the activation is solved, and the data transmission efficiency and the user experience are improved.
- the method before the network device sends the secondary cell activation command, the method further includes: the network device sending a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration message includes the Configuration information of the first period and configuration information of the second period.
- the first pilot signal includes a first demodulation reference signal DMRS and/or a first beam pilot signal
- the second pilot signal includes a second DMRS and/or Second beam pilot signal.
- a fourth aspect provides a method for activating a secondary cell, where the method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a secondary cell activation command sent by a network device, where the terminal device starts from the third time unit, according to the first Periodically receiving a first pilot signal sent by the network device; the terminal device determines a fourth time unit, where the fourth time unit is a time unit reached by the longest activation time or a scheduling command sent by the terminal device to the network device After the fourth time unit, the terminal device receives the second pilot signal sent by the network device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the method for activating a secondary cell when the terminal device receives the activation command and the scheduling command, the terminal device receives the first pilot signal according to the smaller first period, and increases the receiving of the terminal device.
- the probability of the first pilot signal used for downlink synchronization may enable the terminal device to complete the downlink synchronization earlier, thereby completing the hardware preparation work earlier. Therefore, an uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been successfully activated may be sent to the network device earlier, which may reduce the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell is successfully activated, and reduce the activation delay.
- the terminal device After receiving the scheduling command, the terminal device receives the second pilot signal in a second, larger period, and reduces network resources consumed by the second pilot signal. Therefore, the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after the activation is solved, and the data transmission efficiency and the user experience are improved.
- the receiving, by the terminal device, the network device, sending the secondary cell Before the command is activated the method further includes: the terminal device receiving the configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, where the configuration message includes configuration information of the first period and configuration information of the second period.
- the first pilot signal includes a first demodulation reference signal DMRS and/or a first beam pilot signal
- the second pilot signal includes a second DMRS and/or Second beam pilot signal.
- a fifth aspect provides a method for activating a secondary cell, where the method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device starts RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation work. At least one of the terminal devices, according to the indication information, starts to perform RRM measurement, downlink synchronization, and/or hardware preparation work; after receiving the indication information, the terminal device receives the assistance sent by the network device in the first time unit. a cell activation command; the terminal device sends a first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the terminal device does not wait for the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device to start the hardware preparation work, but receives the indication information sent by the network device, and receives the auxiliary information.
- hardware preparation is started.
- the indication information can also be an activation command. In this way, the terminal device can complete the hardware preparation work earlier.
- the terminal device After receiving the secondary cell activation command, the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, so that the network device learns that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and shortens the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated. The time taken for the activation to succeed, reducing the activation delay, so that the network device can schedule the secondary cell earlier.
- the method further includes: determining, by the terminal device, a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or receiving the scheduling sent by the network device a time unit of the command; after the second time unit, the terminal device sends a second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period or according to the manner of the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the terminal device after the terminal device receives the secondary cell activation command, the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the smaller first period, so that the network device can learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully and shortens.
- the network device learns the time taken for the secondary cell to be activated successfully, reduces the activation delay, and after receiving the scheduling command or reaching the longest activation time, the terminal device uses a larger second period or a network device-based scheduling manner. Sending the second uplink signal reduces network resources consumed by transmitting the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the terminal device after receiving the indication information, starts at least one of RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation work, where the hardware preparation work includes a phase locked loop. At least one of adjustment, crystal adjustment, automatic gain control, and RF chain activation.
- the indication information and the secondary cell activation command are sent in the form of a MAC CE or in the form of physical layer signaling.
- the method before the terminal device receives the indication information, the method further includes: receiving, by the terminal device, a configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, where the secondary cell
- the configuration message includes at least one of period information of the RRM measurement, a period of the CSI measurement, a configuration of the first period, and configuration information of the second period.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS .
- a method for activating a secondary cell comprising: sending, by a network device, a terminal device
- the indication information is used by the terminal device to start at least one of RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation work; after transmitting the indication information, the network device sends the auxiliary device to the terminal device in the first time unit. a cell activation command; the network device receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the method for activating a secondary cell provided by the network device before the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device, sends the indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used by the terminal device to start hardware preparation work.
- the terminal device does not wait until the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device is received, and then starts the hardware preparation work. Before receiving the secondary cell activation command, the hardware preparation work is started.
- the indication information can also be an activation command. In this way, the terminal device can complete the hardware preparation work earlier.
- the terminal device After the network device sends the secondary cell activation command, the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, so that the network device learns that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and shortens the network device to learn the secondary cell. The time taken for success has been activated, and the activation delay is reduced so that the network device can schedule the secondary cell earlier.
- the method further includes: determining, by the network device, a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or receiving the scheduling sent by the network device a time unit of the command; after receiving the second time unit, the network device receives the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the second period or the manner according to the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device is received according to a smaller first period, and the network device can learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully. The time for the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been successfully activated is shortened, and the activation delay is reduced.
- the network device After the network device sends the scheduling command or reaches the longest activation time, the network device schedules in a second period or based on the network device.
- the method receives the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device, and reduces network resources consumed by the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the method before the network device sends the indication information, the method further includes: the network device sending a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration of the secondary cell
- the message includes at least one of period information of the RRM measurement, a period of the CSI measurement, a configuration of the first period, and configuration information of the second period.
- the indication information and the secondary cell activation command are sent in the form of a MAC CE or in the form of physical layer signaling.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS .
- a communication device comprising a processor, a memory and a transceiver for supporting the communication device to perform a corresponding function in the above method.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver are connected by communication, the memory stores instructions, and the transceiver is configured to perform specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor, the processor is configured to invoke the instruction to implement the first, fourth and fifth aspects above.
- a method of activating a secondary cell in any of the aspects and various implementations thereof.
- a communication device including a processing module, a storage module, and a transceiver module, configured to support the communication device to perform the functions of the terminal device in any of the above aspects or the first aspect of the first aspect, or The function of the terminal device in any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect, or the function of the communication device in any of the possible implementations of the fifth aspect or the fifth aspect.
- Function can be implemented by hardware or by The hardware implements the corresponding software implementation, and the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
- a network device including a processor, a memory, and a transceiver for supporting the network device to perform a corresponding function in the above method.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver are connected by communication, the memory stores instructions, the transceiver is configured to perform specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor, and the processor is configured to invoke the instruction to implement the second, third and sixth aspects above.
- a method of activating a secondary cell in any of the aspects and various implementations thereof.
- a network device including a processing module, a storage module, and a transceiver module, is configured to support the terminal device to perform the function of the network device in any of the foregoing second aspect or the second aspect, or The function of the network device in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect, or the function of the terminal device in any of the foregoing sixth or sixth possible aspects.
- the functions may be implemented by hardware or by corresponding software implemented by hardware, and the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
- a communication system comprising the communication device provided in the seventh aspect or the eighth aspect, and the network device provided in the ninth or tenth aspect.
- the communication system can perform the method of activating a secondary cell provided by the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, and the sixth aspect.
- a twelfth aspect a computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program comprising a method for performing the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the fourth The method of any one of the possible implementations of the aspect or the method of any one of the foregoing possible implementations of the fifth aspect or the fifth aspect.
- a thirteenth aspect a computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program comprising a method for performing any of the possible implementations of the second aspect or the second aspect, the third The method of any one of the possible implementations of the third aspect, the method of the sixth aspect or the method of any of the possible implementations of the sixth aspect.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of different carrier aggregation modes.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of activating a secondary cell in the prior art.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a typical application scenario according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating a secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating a secondary cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating a secondary cell according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 11 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 13 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 14 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 15 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 16 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 17 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 18 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- GSM global system of mobile communication
- CDMA code division multiple access
- WCDMA wideband code division multiple access
- GPRS general packet radio service
- LTE long term evolution
- FDD LTE frequency division duplex
- TDD LTE Time division duplex
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunication system
- WiMAX worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- 5G future fifth generation
- 5G fifth generation
- NR new radio
- the communication device in the embodiment of the present application may refer to a terminal device, a user equipment, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, Communication device, user agent or user device.
- the terminal device may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), with wireless communication.
- SIP session initiation protocol
- WLL wireless local loop
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the network device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, where the network device may be a global system of mobile communication (GSM) system or code division multiple access (CDMA).
- GSM global system of mobile communication
- CDMA code division multiple access
- a base transceiver station (BTS) may also be a base station (nodeb, NB) in a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system, or an evolved base station (evolutional) in an LTE system.
- NB base station
- WCDMA wideband code division multiple access
- evolutional evolved base station
- the nodeb, eNB or eNodeB may also be a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, and a future
- CRAN cloud radio access network
- the network device in the 5G network or the network device in the PLMN network in the future is not limited in this embodiment.
- the primary cell is a cell operating on a primary frequency band (primary carrier), and the secondary cell is a cell operating on a secondary frequency band (secondary carrier).
- the serving cell of the terminal device may be a secondary cell or a primary cell.
- CA carrier aggregation
- the serving cell is a set of cells composed of a primary cell and a secondary cell.
- the terminal device configured with the CA is connected to one primary cell and a maximum of four secondary cells.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of different carrier aggregation modes. In FIG.
- CA for terminal device A, CA is not supported, so there is only one cell, that is, one uplink carrier and one downlink carrier.
- a symmetric CA mode is configured, two carriers are aggregated, and two uplink carriers and downlink carriers are supported at the same time.
- an asymmetric CA mode is configured, and there are 3 downlink carriers and 1 uplink carrier.
- carrier aggregation mode one terminal device supports The number of downlink carriers is greater than or equal to the number of uplink carriers.
- carrier aggregation can support aggregation of up to 32 carriers. In future 5G networks, carrier aggregation may support more carriers, that is, more secondary cells that terminal devices need to increase (activate).
- FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of activating a secondary cell in the prior art.
- the terminal device first receives the RRC reconfiguration message. After receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, if the SCell addition signaling is included, the UE adds the carrier in the configuration message as the carrier where the secondary cell is located. However, the secondary cell is in an inactive state.
- the terminal device does not send an uplink signal on the secondary cell, for example, a sounding reference signal (SRS); and does not transmit UL data on the secondary cell; Transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI)/pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI)/rank indication (RI) of the secondary cell; not listening to the physical downlink control channel of the secondary cell (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH), including scheduling on the secondary cell and scheduling the control channel of the secondary cell; not performing a random access procedure; if a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is configured, not Transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The data is not transmitted on the uplink shared channel of the secondary cell. As shown in FIG.
- the terminal device receives the activation command of the secondary cell in the Tth time unit, and completes the processing of receiving the activation command and related decoding in the next 4 ms.
- a valid channel state information is sent to the network device for reporting the channel state of the current cell to the network device.
- the terminal device completes the hardware preparation work, for example, phase-locked loop adjustment, crystal oscillator adjustment, automatic gain control, RF chain activation, etc., after completing the hardware preparation work.
- the uplink signal is periodically sent to the network device to notify the network device that the secondary cell is successfully activated.
- the uplink signal includes CSI and/or SRS.
- the network device may receive the uplink signal earlier than the T+k time unit, or may be later than the T+k time unit, where the value of k is 24 or 34, and when the value of k is 24, it indicates that it is to be activated.
- the secondary cell has reported a valid measurement report.
- the value of K is the maximum activation time of the system configuration. That is, when the T+k time unit is reached, even if the network device does not correctly receive the uplink signal, a scheduling command (signaling or data) is sent to the terminal device for scheduling.
- the terminal device performs data reception or transmission.
- the maximum activation time is defined or predefined by the protocol, and refers to the maximum time that the terminal device uses to activate the terminal device after receiving the activation command, for example, n+24 milliseconds or n+34 defined in 3GPP 36.133. millisecond.
- the network device receives the uplink signal or reaches the T+k time unit. As long as any one of the two conditions is met, the network device considers that the secondary cell of the terminal device is activated and starts performing data scheduling. After the terminal device receives the scheduling command, the terminal device continues to send the uplink signal according to the configured period, sends the CQI/PMI/RI/ of the secondary cell to the network device, listens to the PDCCH of the secondary cell, and/or sends the PDCCH on the PUCCH. The data, and the deactivation timer of the other secondary cells are turned on, and the power headroom reporting action of the secondary cell is triggered.
- the network device can only wait until the configured maximum activation time arrives (ie, reaches the T+K time).
- the unit can schedule the secondary cell of the terminal device. This will cause scheduling delays.
- the transmission period of the configured uplink signal is short, after the secondary cell is activated, the uplink signal is sent according to the original period, which causes relatively serious network resource consumption.
- the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for activating a secondary cell, which can be activated in a secondary cell.
- network resource consumption and activation delay are unbalanced, improving data transmission efficiency and user experience.
- TRPs transmission reception points
- NR-NB NR base station
- the method for activating a secondary cell in the embodiment of the present application may be used in each of the TRP and the terminal device.
- the network device may also be divided into a control unit (CU) and a data unit (DU). Under one CU, multiple DUs may exist, where each DU and terminal device
- the method of activating a secondary cell in the embodiment of the present application can be used.
- the difference between the CU-DU separation scenario and the multi-TRP scenario is that the TRP is only a radio unit or an antenna device, and the protocol stack function can be implemented in the DU.
- the physical layer function can be implemented in the DU.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a typical application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the technical solution of the present application may be applied to a secondary cell activation process between a network device and a terminal device.
- the serving cell of the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2 are from the same network device, and the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2 are respectively connected to multiple carriers of the network device, and the serving cell of the terminal device 2 is composed of a primary cell and two secondary cells (secondary cells) 1 and the secondary cell 2), the serving cell of the terminal device 1 is composed of the primary cell secondary cell 1.
- At least some of the plurality of cells (carriers) form the serving cell of the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2, respectively.
- the embodiment of the present invention is only described by using the application scenario shown in FIG. 3 as an example, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the system may include more terminal devices and carriers.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method 100 for activating a secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the method 100 may be applied to the scenario shown in FIG. Of course, it can be applied to other communication scenarios, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.
- the method 100 includes:
- the terminal device After receiving the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device, the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the network device receives the first uplink signal according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the terminal device determines a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or the time unit that receives the scheduling command sent by the network device.
- the terminal device After the second time unit, the terminal device sends a second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period or according to the network device scheduling manner, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device receives the second uplink signal according to the scheduling of the network device according to the second period, starting from the second time unit.
- the method for activating a secondary cell provided by the embodiment of the present invention, in the activation process, that is, the time from the first time unit after receiving the activation command from the terminal device to the time unit receiving the scheduling command or reaching the longest activation time
- Sending the first uplink signal to the network device according to the smaller first period increasing the probability that the network device receives the first uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated, so that the network device can be earlier.
- Receiving the first uplink signal so that the scheduling command is sent to the terminal device according to the first uplink signal earlier, which shortens the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and reduces the activation delay, so that the network device can The secondary cell is scheduled earlier.
- the terminal device After receiving the scheduling command (signaling or data) or reaching the longest activation time, the terminal device sends the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, which reduces the consumption of the second uplink signal.
- Internet resources Thereby solving the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after activation. Improve data transfer efficiency and user experience.
- the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device.
- the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the terminal device completes the receiving of the secondary cell activation command during the period between the terminal device receiving the secondary cell activation command and the first time unit, that is, performing demodulation, decoding, and the like.
- the first time unit is a time unit that the terminal device can send the first uplink signal, that is, can be transmitted to the first uplink signal, and has a time unit capable of transmitting the first uplink signal. It should be understood that, in the first time unit, the terminal device only has the capability to start transmitting the first uplink signal, and the terminal device may start transmitting the first uplink reference signal at a certain time unit after the first time unit. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein. After the terminal device completes the receiving of the activation command, it sends a valid CSI report to the network device, and the first uplink signal may include the valid CSI report.
- the first time unit may be a time unit that sends the valid CSI report.
- the valid CSI report is used to inform the network device of the channel status of the carrier where the secondary cell is located.
- the terminal device After receiving the activation command, the terminal device starts hardware preparation work, such as phase-locked loop adjustment, crystal oscillator adjustment, automatic gain control, and RF chain activation. The terminal device completes the hardware preparation work, indicating that the secondary cell has been successfully activated.
- the first time unit may be a time unit in which the terminal device completes hardware preparation, and the first time unit may also be a certain time unit before the terminal device completes hardware preparation, and the first time unit may also be the terminal.
- the device is capable of transmitting the first uplink signal and has a time unit for transmitting SRS, PDCCH detection, and power headroom reporting capability.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- a time unit and a time can express the same meaning, and can be used to represent nodes of time, and can be replaced with each other.
- the first time unit may be a first time
- the first time unit may be in one subframe, or in a slot, or a mini-slot, or a short transmission interval. (short transmission time interval, sTTI).
- sTTI short transmission time interval
- the secondary cell activation command may be sent on the media access control channel element (MAC CE) or sent on the PDCCH, which is not limited herein.
- MAC CE media access control channel element
- the secondary cell may be in the form of a cell, transmitting a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and a broadcast message, or the secondary cell may be in the form of a beam, transmitting a beam pilot signal.
- the beam pilot signal is transmitted according to a certain period, or the secondary cell may be in the form of a distribution unit, the allocation unit includes only a user plane, and the allocation unit is connected to a central unit, and the central unit provides control plane information. .
- the secondary cell addition or modification signaling in the secondary cell activation command may be sent in the form of a secondary cell group index or a single secondary cell index.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the first uplink signal can be transmitted (be capable to transmit), and therefore, according to the first period, starting from the first time unit, Sending a first uplink signal to the network device, to notify the network device that the secondary cell has been successfully activated.
- the network device starts from the first time unit, and receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the first period.
- the first time unit may be an eighth subframe after the time unit that receives the secondary cell activation command starts, indicating that the terminal device is the earliest in the eighth subframe, and sends a valid CSI report (transmit valid CSI) Report), the value of the first time unit can also be other values.
- the parameter configuration can be called “numerology”, for example, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, the transmission time interval (TTI), the subcarrier spacing, and the symbol (for different service configurations). The number of symbols, the resource block (RB) position, the slot length, and the frame format are different.
- the duration between the first time unit and the time unit receiving the secondary cell activation command may also be a value according to different numerology, for example, for a TTI length of 2 symbols, may be 16 TTIs, for 1 ms
- the TTI length can be eight 1 ms subframes.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the terminal device may also send the first uplink signal to the network device at a certain time unit after the first time unit.
- the first uplink signal may be sent to the network device at the beginning of the time unit in which the terminal device completes the hardware preparation.
- the first time unit may also be a certain time unit before the terminal device completes the hardware preparation, or may be a certain time unit after the terminal device completes the hardware preparation.
- the terminal device determines a second time unit, which is a time unit to which the longest activation time arrives or a time unit that receives a scheduling command sent by the network device, wherein, in time, the second time unit is After the first time unit.
- the second time unit may be a time unit in which the terminal device receives the scheduling command.
- the scheduling command can be signaling or data.
- the second time unit may also be a time unit in which the network device correctly receives the first uplink signal.
- a maximum activation time is configured, and the maximum activation time is specified by the protocol or predefined, which is the longest time used by the terminal device to activate the secondary cell after receiving the activation command. Time, such as n+24 milliseconds or n+34 milliseconds as defined in 3GPP 36.133. The latest time to activate the secondary cell cannot be later than the longest activation time.
- the network device Upon reaching the time unit of the maximum activation time (latest activation time), the network device sends a scheduling command to the terminal device regardless of whether the network device correctly receives the first uplink signal. Therefore, the second time unit can be a time unit that is the longest activation time arrival.
- the maximum activation duration may be 24ms or 34ms, or 24 sTTIs or 34 sTTIs, or 24 slots or 34 slots. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the terminal device after the second time unit, the terminal device sends a second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period, or sent to the network device according to the manner in which the network device schedules
- the second uplink signal is not limited here.
- the network device receives the first uplink signal according to the second period, starting from the second time unit.
- the second uplink signal is not required to be sent to the network device as frequently as the previous activated secondary cell, and therefore, the terminal device is scheduled according to the second period or based on the network device.
- the method sends a second uplink signal to the network device, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device scheduling method can be understood as that when the network device needs the information of the terminal device, the scheduling information is sent to the terminal device, and when the terminal device receives the scheduling information, the second uplink signal is reported to the network device.
- the manner of scheduling based on the network device means that the network device performs scheduling in a manner of PDCCH/MAC CE.
- the second uplink signal is used by the network device for coherent demodulation and detection, and channel quality measurement, etc., to facilitate subsequent data transmission. This will reduce the consumption of network resources.
- the network device receives the second uplink signal according to the second period or according to the manner in which the network device schedules.
- the terminal device may also stop transmitting the second uplink signal to the network device, for example, in a state where the terminal device is in a static state or no data transmission.
- the second uplink signal may be reported to the network device in a manner that may reduce network resource consumption, for example, a non-periodic manner.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the terminal device periodically receives the pilot signal sent by the network device from the time when the activation command of the secondary cell is received, or from the time after receiving the activation command of the secondary cell, the pilot signal is received.
- the device is configured to notify the terminal device of the related information of the secondary cell, so that the terminal device can quickly obtain downlink synchronization with the secondary cell, thereby completing hardware preparation work earlier and transmitting the first uplink signal to the network device earlier.
- the terminal device can send the first uplink signal to the network device earlier.
- the network device sends the pilot signal in a short period, and the terminal device sends the first uplink signal in a shorter first period, which can more effectively shorten the notification network device that the secondary cell has been activated. Time, so that the network device knows earlier that the secondary cell has been activated. After the second time unit, the network device sends the pilot signal in a longer period, and the terminal device sends the second uplink signal in a longer second period or in a scheduling manner, which can save network resources more effectively.
- the first period may be a system specified period, for example, may be 1 ms or 1 TTI, or other values.
- the shorter the first period the shorter the activation time will be.
- the first cycle is 1 slot, or an sTTI or the like.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the second period is greater than the first period.
- the longer the second period the smaller the network resource consumption.
- the terminal device in the process of activating a secondary cell, sends a first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, and the terminal device is configured to notify the network device of the secondary cell.
- the action of the completed first uplink reference signal has been activated.
- the network device can send the scheduling command according to the first uplink signal earlier, and the activation delay can be reduced.
- the terminal device After receiving the scheduling command, sends the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, which reduces network resources used to send the second uplink signal.
- the network device can be quickly notified that the secondary cell has been activated, reducing the activation delay. Solving the problem of unbalanced network resource consumption and activation delay in secondary cell activation, improving data transmission efficiency and user experience.
- the method further includes:
- the network device sends a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration message includes at least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information of the network device scheduling manner, and the first period Configuration information.
- the network device Before the network device sends the activation command to the terminal device, the network device sends a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration message of the secondary cell may be an RRC reconfiguration message.
- the configuration message includes the secondary cell adding or modifying signaling.
- the terminal device adds the carrier in the configuration message to the carrier where the secondary cell is located according to the added signaling of the secondary cell, and the secondary cell is in the non- Activation status.
- the configuration message includes at least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information of the network device scheduling manner, and configuration information of the first period.
- the terminal device After acquiring the configuration information, the terminal device sends the first uplink signal and the first manner according to the protocol, the configuration message, or other means for instructing the terminal device to perform scheduling according to the first period, the second period, and the network device-based scheduling.
- the indication information of the two uplink signals may be indicated to the terminal device at different times
- the first uplink signal is sent in a different manner in the segment.
- the terminal device sends the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal in different manners in different time periods according to the configuration information.
- the network device also receives the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal in different manners in different time periods according to the protocol specification or the configuration information.
- the first period, the second period, the network device scheduling manner, and the stop sending the second uplink signal may be notified to the terminal device by using the configuration message, or may be pre-negotiated by the network device and the terminal device. Ok, that is, the system is pre-configured.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the configuration message may further include indication information for indicating whether the terminal device needs to transmit the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal according to different periods in different time periods.
- the indication information may indicate that the terminal device always sends the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal in the same manner or periodically, or may send the first time in different time periods according to different periods included in the configuration message.
- the uplink signal and the second uplink signal are not limited herein.
- the configuration information of the first period, the second period, the network device scheduling manner, and the stopping of the sending of the second uplink signal may also be notified to the terminal device by using a broadcast message, and being in the same Other terminal devices of network devices.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the configuration message may include any one of configuration information of the second period, configuration information based on a manner of scheduling of the network device, and configuration information for stopping sending the second uplink signal.
- the configuration message may further include any combination of the foregoing three types of configuration information, and the terminal device selects one type according to other information or conditions or performs different manners in different time periods.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device to the network device may include a first CSI and/or a first SRS, where the first CSI is used to notify the network device of the primary cell of the terminal device.
- the channel and secondary cell channel states facilitate network equipment to perform uplink channel quality measurements.
- the first SRS provides a reference for scheduling of the network device, and the referenced content may be the channel quality of the primary cell and the channel quality of the secondary cell.
- the network device sends a scheduling command for scheduling the secondary cell to the terminal device according to the first CSI and/or the first SRS.
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS, where the channel state information of the primary cell and the secondary cell and the coherent demodulation and detection for the network device are reported to the network device after the secondary cell is activated. In order to facilitate the effective transmission of data between the network device and the terminal device.
- the second CSI and the first CSI may be the same. Can be different.
- the second SRS may be the same as the first SRS and may be different. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- first CSI and the second CSI may be transmitted through other cells or the secondary cell.
- the first SRS and the second SRS need to be sent through the secondary cell.
- first uplink signal and the second uplink signal may further include other uplink signals, for example, an uplink demodulation reference signal and the like.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the embodiment of the present invention further provides another method 200 for activating a secondary cell.
- the method 200 can be applied to the scenario shown in FIG. 3, and can of course be applied to other communication scenarios.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the method 200 includes:
- the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in the third time unit, and correspondingly, the terminal device The secondary cell activation command is received at the third time unit.
- the network device starts sending, by the third time unit, the first pilot signal to the terminal device according to the first period.
- the terminal device receives, according to the third time unit, the first pilot signal sent by the network device according to the first period.
- the network device determines a fourth time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time is reached or a time unit for the network device to send a scheduling command to the terminal device.
- the network device After the fourth time unit, the network device sends a second pilot signal to the terminal device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the terminal device After the fourth time unit, the terminal device receives the second pilot signal sent by the network device according to the second period.
- the method for activating a secondary cell in a period in which the secondary device is activated, that is, the terminal device receives the activation command and receives the scheduling command, the network device sends the terminal device to the terminal device according to the smaller first period.
- the first pilot signal increases the probability that the terminal device receives the first pilot signal for downlink synchronization, so that the terminal device can complete the downlink synchronization earlier, and then complete the hardware preparation work earlier, that is, complete the secondary cell.
- an uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been successfully activated may be sent to the network device earlier, and the network device may send the scheduling command earlier according to the uplink signal.
- the scheduling command is used to schedule the terminal device to receive or send data.
- the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell is successfully activated can be reduced, and the activation delay is reduced.
- the network device After the scheduling command is sent, the network device sends the second pilot signal in a second, larger period, which reduces the network resources consumed by sending the second pilot signal. Therefore, the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after the activation is solved, and the data transmission efficiency and the user experience are improved.
- the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in the third time unit, configured to notify the terminal to start activation of the secondary cell.
- the terminal device receives the secondary cell activation command in the third time unit.
- time units and time units may express the same meaning and may be interchanged.
- the third time unit may be a third time unit, which may be in one subframe, or in a slot, or a mini-slot, or an sTTI.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the secondary cell activation command may be sent on the MAC CE or sent on the PDCCH, which is not limited herein.
- the secondary cell addition or modification signaling in the secondary cell activation command may be sent in the form of a secondary cell group index or a single secondary cell index.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the network device sends, by using the third time unit, a first pilot signal to the terminal device according to the first period, where the terminal device completes downlink synchronization and a valid channel according to the first pilot signal.
- State information measurement, and finally complete hardware preparation such as phase-locked loop adjustment, crystal adjustment, automatic gain control, RF chain activation, etc.
- the uplink signal is sent to the network device.
- the CSI and/or the SRS may be used to notify the terminal device that the hardware preparation work has been completed.
- the network device sends a scheduling command to the terminal device for scheduling the terminal device to perform data reception or transmission.
- the terminal device starts from the third time unit, and receives the first pilot signal sent by the network device according to the first period.
- the network device determines a fourth time unit, where the fourth time unit is reached by the longest activation time.
- the time unit or a time unit for the network device to send a scheduling command to the terminal device.
- the fourth time unit may be a time unit in which the network device sends a scheduling command to the terminal device.
- the fourth time unit may also be a time unit in which the network device correctly receives the uplink signal.
- a longest activation duration is configured, and the maximum activation time is specified by the protocol or predefined, and is the most used by the terminal device to activate the terminal device after receiving the activation command. For a long time, for example, n+24 milliseconds or n+34 milliseconds as defined in 3GPP36.133.
- the latest time to activate the secondary cell may not be later than the time unit of the longest activation time.
- the network device Upon reaching the time unit of the maximum activation time (latest activation time), the network device sends a scheduling command to the terminal device regardless of whether the network device correctly receives the first uplink signal. Therefore, the fourth time unit can be the time unit for which the longest activation time arrives.
- the maximum activation duration may be 24ms or 34ms, or 24 sTTIs or 34 sTTIs, or 24 slots or 34 slots.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the network device After the fourth time unit, the network device sends a second pilot signal to the terminal device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device sends a second pilot signal to the terminal device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the second pilot signal is used for coherent demodulation and detection between the subsequent network device and the terminal device, and measurement of the quality of the channel, etc., in order to facilitate subsequent data transmission.
- the terminal device receives the second pilot signal sent by the network device according to the second period.
- the network device may also send a second pilot signal to the terminal device in a manner that may reduce network resource consumption, for example, a non-periodic manner.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the first period may be a system specified period, for example, may be 1 ms, or other values.
- the shorter the first period the shorter the activation time will be.
- the first period may be 1 ms, or 1 slot, or an sTTI or the like.
- the second period is greater than the first period.
- the longer the second period the smaller the network resource consumption.
- the uplink signal sent by the terminal device is periodically received. Can understand. The sooner the network device receives the uplink signal, it will be known earlier that the secondary cell has completed activation. That is, the network device sends the first pilot signal in a shorter first period, and the terminal device completes downlink synchronization and hardware preparation work earlier according to the first pilot signal, that is, the activation of the secondary cell is completed earlier. The terminal device then transmits an uplink signal to the network device in a small cycle. The time taken to notify the network device that the secondary cell has been activated can be reduced. The activation delay can be shortened more effectively. After the secondary cell is activated, the network device sends the second pilot signal in a longer second period, and the terminal device sends the second uplink signal in a longer period or in a scheduling manner, which can save network resources more effectively.
- the network device in the activation process, sends the first pilot signal to the terminal device according to the smaller first period, so that the terminal device completes the activation of the secondary cell earlier, thereby An uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated may be sent to the network device earlier. Thereby, the network device can send a scheduling command according to the uplink signal earlier, and reduce the activation delay.
- the network device sends the second pilot signal in a larger second period, which reduces the network resources consumed by transmitting the second pilot signal. Solve the auxiliary community During the live process and after activation, the problem of network resource consumption and activation delay is unbalanced, improving data transmission efficiency and user experience.
- the method further includes:
- the network device sends a configuration message of the secondary cell, where the configuration message is configured by the first period and configuration information of the second period.
- the network device sends a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration message of the secondary cell may be an RRC reconfiguration message.
- the configuration message includes the secondary cell addition or modification signaling.
- the terminal device adds signaling according to the secondary cell, and adds the carrier in the configuration message to the carrier where the secondary cell is located, and the secondary cell is in an inactive state.
- the configuration message further includes configuration information of the first period and configuration information of the second period.
- the network device according to the protocol, the configuration message or other indication information for instructing the network device to send the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal according to the first period and the second period, for example, the indication information
- the indication may be to the network device to transmit the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal in different manners in different time periods. Based on the information, the network device transmits the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal according to different periods in different time periods.
- the terminal also receives the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal according to the reconfiguration information and the indication information according to different periods in different time periods.
- the information such as the first period and the second period may be notified to the terminal device by using the configuration message, or may be pre-negotiated by the network device and the terminal device, that is, the system is pre-configured.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the configuration message may further include indication information indicating whether the network device needs to transmit the first pilot signal according to different periods in different time periods.
- the indication information may indicate that the network device always sends the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal in the same period, or may send the first time in different time periods according to different periods included in the configuration message.
- An uplink signal and the second pilot signal That is, the network device may determine, according to the indication information, whether to transmit the first pilot signal according to the first period in the process of activating the secondary cell, and send the second pilot signal according to the second period after the secondary cell is activated.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the information such as the first period and the second period may also be that other terminal devices are notified by using a broadcast message or RRC dedicated signaling, and other terminal devices may perform data reception according to the period information of the first pilot signal. , and / or complete the earlier downlink synchronization process.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the first pilot signal includes a first demodulation reference signal DMRS and/or a first beam pilot signal, the second pilot signal comprising a second DMRS and/or a second beam pilot signal.
- the first pilot signal transmitted to the terminal device includes a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and/or a first beam pilot signal.
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- the first DMRS and/or the first beam pilot signal is used by the terminal device for correlation detection and data demodulation.
- the terminal device completes downlink synchronization, valid channel state information measurement, and completes hardware preparation according to the first DMRS and/or the first beam pilot signal. After the hardware preparation is completed, the uplink signal is sent to the network device.
- the second DMRS and/or the second beam pilot signal is used for coherent demodulation and detection between subsequent network devices and terminal devices, as well as measurement of channel quality, and the like. In order to facilitate the transmission of data by the network device and the terminal device.
- the second beam pilot signal and the first beam pilot signal may be the same. Can be different.
- the second The DMRS may be the same as the first DMRS and may be different. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- first pilot signal and the second pilot signal may further include other downlink signals, for example, a beam reference signal, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a primary synchronization signal (primary synchronization signal).
- Channel status information reference signal etc.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the embodiment of the invention further provides a method 300 for activating a secondary cell.
- the method 300 can be applied to the scenario shown in FIG. 3, and can of course be applied to other communication scenarios.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the method 300 includes:
- the network device sends indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device starts hardware preparation work.
- the terminal device receives the indication information, and starts at least one of radio resource management RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation work according to the indication information.
- the network device After the network device sends the indication information, the network device sends a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in the first time unit.
- the terminal device receives the secondary cell activation command in the first time unit, and sends a first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period from the first time unit.
- the network device receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the first period,
- the terminal device does not wait for the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device to start the hardware preparation work, but receives the indication information sent by the network device, and then receives the indication information sent by the network device. Before the secondary cell activates the command, hardware preparation begins. The indication information can also be an activation command. This will complete the hardware preparation work earlier.
- the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, so that the network device learns that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and shortens the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated. The time taken for the activation to succeed, reducing the activation delay, so that the network device can schedule the secondary cell earlier.
- the method 300 further includes:
- the terminal device determines a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or the time unit that receives the scheduling command sent by the network device.
- the terminal device After the second time unit, the terminal device sends a second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period or according to the network device scheduling manner, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device receives the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the second period, or receives the second uplink signal according to the manner scheduled by the network device.
- the method for activating a secondary cell when the terminal device receives the secondary cell activation command, sends a first uplink signal to the network device according to a smaller first period, so that the network device can learn the earlier information.
- the secondary cell has been successfully activated, shortening the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been successfully activated, and reducing the activation delay.
- the terminal device After receiving the scheduling command or reaching the longest activation time, the terminal device has a larger number.
- the second uplink signal is sent in a two-cycle or network device scheduling manner, which reduces network resources consumed by the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the terminal device after receiving the indication information, performs at least one of radio resource management (RRM) measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation, and the hardware preparation is performed.
- RRM radio resource management
- the work includes at least one of phase-locked loop adjustment, crystal adjustment, automatic gain control, and RF chain activation.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the indication information and the secondary cell activation command may be sent in the form of a MAC CE or in the form of physical layer signaling.
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
- the method before the terminal device receives the indication information, the method further includes: the terminal device receiving, by the network device, a configuration message of the secondary cell, where the configuration message of the secondary cell includes At least one of period information of the RRM measurement, a period of the CSI measurement, a configuration of the first period, and configuration information of the second period.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication device 400 includes a processor 410, a memory 420 and a transceiver 430, the memory 420 and the transceiver 430 are connected by communication, the memory 420 stores instructions, and the processor 410 is used to execute instructions stored in the memory 420, the transceiver The 430 is configured to perform specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor 410.
- the transceiver 430 is configured to, after receiving the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device, send the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, starting from the first time unit.
- the processor 410 is configured to determine a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or the time unit that receives the scheduling command sent by the network device.
- the transceiver 430 is further configured to send, after the second time unit, the second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period or according to the manner of the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present invention starts during the activation of the secondary cell, that is, from the first time unit after receiving the activation command from the communication device, to the time when the scheduling command is received or the time unit of the longest activation time is reached.
- Sending the first uplink signal to the network device according to the smaller first period increasing the probability that the network device receives the first uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated, so that the network device can be earlier.
- the first uplink signal is received, so that the scheduling command is sent to the communication device according to the first uplink signal earlier, which shortens the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and reduces the activation delay.
- the communications device After receiving the scheduling command, the communications device sends the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, which reduces network resources used to send the second uplink signal. Therefore, the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during and after the activation of the secondary cell.
- the problem is to improve data transfer efficiency and user experience.
- the various components in communication device 400 communicate with one another via a communication connection, i.e., processor 410, memory 420, and transceiver 430, through internal connection paths, to communicate control and/or data signals.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 410, memory 420, and transceiver 430
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), a network processor (NP) or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (application).
- CPU central processing unit
- NP network processor
- DSP digital signal processor
- application application specific integrated circuit
- ASIC Specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the present application may be directly embodied by the execution of the hardware decoding processor or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the transceiver 430 before receiving the secondary cell activation command, is further configured to receive a configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, where the communication device receives the network And a configuration message of the secondary cell that is sent by the device, where the configuration message includes at least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information of a manner of scheduling according to the network device, and configuration information of the first period.
- the first uplink signal sent by the transceiver 430 includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS, and the transceiver 430 sends the first
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- the first time unit is a time unit that the communication device can send the first uplink signal to the network device.
- the processor 410 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 420 may be implemented by a storage module
- the transceiver 430 may be implemented by a transceiver module.
- the communication device 500 may include a processing module 510.
- the communication device 400 shown in FIG. 7 or the communication device 500 shown in FIG. 8 can implement the steps performed by the terminal device in FIG. 4 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic block diagram of a network device 600 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the network device embodiment and the method embodiment correspond to each other. For a similar description, refer to the method embodiment.
- the network device 600 includes: a processor 610, a memory 620, and a transceiver 630.
- the processor 610, The memory 620 and the transceiver 630 are connected by communication, the memory 620 stores instructions, the processor 610 is used to execute instructions stored in the memory 620, and the transceiver 630 is configured to perform specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor 610.
- the transceiver 630 is configured to: after transmitting the secondary cell activation command to the terminal device, start from the first time unit, the network device receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the first period.
- the processor 610 is configured to determine a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or a time unit that sends a scheduling command to the terminal device.
- the transceiver 630 is further configured to receive, after the second time unit, the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the second period or according to the manner of the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention starts during the activation process of the secondary cell, that is, at the time when the first time unit that sends the activation command starts, to the time when the scheduling command is sent or the time unit of the longest activation time is reached.
- Receiving the first uplink signal in the first period increasing the probability that the network device receives the first uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been activated, so that the network device can receive the first uplink signal earlier, Therefore, the scheduling command is sent to the terminal device according to the first uplink signal earlier, which shortens the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and reduces the activation delay.
- the network device After the scheduling command is sent, the network device receives the second uplink signal in a larger second period or in a network device scheduling manner, and reduces network resources consumed by the second uplink signal. Therefore, the problem of imbalance of network resource consumption and activation delay during and after activation of the secondary cell is solved, and data transmission efficiency and user experience are improved.
- the various components in network device 600 communicate with each other via a communication connection, i.e., processor 610, memory 620, and transceiver 630, through internal connection paths, to communicate control and/or data signals.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 610, memory 620, and transceiver 630
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a CPU, a network processor NP or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in this application can be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the present application may be directly embodied by the execution of the hardware decoding processor or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the transceiver 630 before being sent to the secondary cell activation command, is further configured to send a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the terminal device receives the network device.
- the configuration message of the secondary cell that is sent, the configuration message includes at least one of configuration information of the second period and configuration information of a manner of scheduling according to the network device, and configuration information of the first period.
- the first uplink signal received by the transceiver 630 includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS, and the second received by the transceiver The uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- the first time unit is a time unit that the terminal device can send the first uplink signal to the network device.
- the processor 610 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 620 may be implemented by a storage module
- the transceiver 630 may be implemented by a transceiver module.
- the network device 700 may include a processing module 710.
- the network device 600 shown in FIG. 9 or the network device 700 shown in FIG. 10 can implement the steps performed by the network device in FIG. 4 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the network device embodiment and the method embodiment correspond to each other, and a similar description may refer to the method embodiment, and the network device 800 shown in FIG. 11 may be used. The steps corresponding to the execution of the network device in FIG. 5 are performed.
- the network device 800 includes a processor 810, a memory 820, and a transceiver 830.
- the processor 810, the memory 820, and the transceiver 830 are connected by communication, the memory 820 stores instructions, and the processor 810 is configured to execute instructions stored by the memory 820, the transceiver. 830 is for performing specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor 810.
- the transceiver 830 is configured to send a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in the third time unit.
- the transceiver 830 is further configured to send, according to the third time unit, the first pilot signal to the terminal device according to the first period.
- the processor 810 is configured to determine a fourth time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time is reached or a time unit for the network device to send a scheduling command to the terminal device.
- the transceiver 830 is further configured to send, after the fourth time unit, a second pilot signal to the terminal device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the network device sends the first pilot signal to the terminal device according to a smaller first period during the activation of the secondary cell, that is, the network device sends the activation command and the sending the scheduling command.
- the probability that the terminal device receives the first pilot signal for downlink synchronization is increased, so that the terminal device can complete the downlink synchronization earlier, and then complete the hardware preparation work earlier, that is, complete the activation of the secondary cell. Therefore, an uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been successfully activated may be sent to the network device earlier, and the network device may send the scheduling command earlier according to the uplink signal.
- the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell is successfully activated can be reduced, and the activation delay is reduced.
- the network device After the scheduling command is sent, the network device sends the second pilot signal in a second, larger period, which reduces the network resources consumed by sending the second pilot signal. Therefore, the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after the activation is solved, and the data transmission efficiency and the user experience are improved.
- the various components in network device 800 communicate with one another via a communication connection, i.e., processor 810, memory 820, and transceiver 830, through internal connection paths, to communicate control and/or data signals.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 810, memory 820, and transceiver 830
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a CPU, a network processor NP or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in this application can be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the present application may be directly embodied by the execution of the hardware decoding processor or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the transceiver 830 before being sent to the secondary cell activation command, is further configured to send, to the terminal device, a configuration message of the secondary cell, where the configuration message includes the first The configuration information of the period and the configuration information of the second period.
- the first pilot signal sent by the transceiver 830 includes a first cell-specific reference signal CRS and/or a first demodulation reference signal DMRS, and the transceiver 830 sends
- the second pilot signal includes a second CRS and/or a second DMRS.
- the processor 810 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 820 may be stored by
- the module implementation, the transceiver 830 can be implemented by the transceiver module.
- the network device 900 can include a processing module 910, a storage module 920, and a transceiver module 930.
- the network device 800 shown in FIG. 11 or the network device 900 shown in FIG. 12 can implement the steps performed by the network device in FIG. 5 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1100 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication device may refer to the foregoing terminal device, and the communication device embodiment and the method embodiment correspond to each other. For a similar description, refer to the method embodiment.
- the communication device 1100 includes: a processor 1110, and a memory. 1120 and a transceiver 1130, a processor 1110, a memory 1120 and a transceiver 1130 are connected by communication, a memory 1120 stores instructions, a processor 1110 is used to execute instructions stored by the memory 1120, and the transceiver 1130 is configured to be executed under the driving of the processor 1110. Specific signal transmission and reception.
- the transceiver 1130 is configured to receive, by the third time unit, a secondary cell activation command sent by the network device.
- the transceiver 1130 is further configured to receive, according to the third time unit, the first pilot signal sent by the network device according to the first period.
- the processor 1110 is configured to determine a fourth time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time is reached or a time unit for the communication device to receive the scheduling command sent by the network device.
- the transceiver 1130 is further configured to receive, after the fourth time unit, the second pilot signal sent by the network device according to the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the communication device during the activation process of the secondary cell, that is, during the period when the communication device receives the activation command and the scheduling command, the communication device receives the first pilot signal according to the smaller first period, and increases.
- the probability that the communication device receives the first pilot signal for downlink synchronization may enable the communication device to complete the downlink synchronization earlier, thereby completing the hardware preparation work earlier, that is, completing the activation of the secondary cell. Therefore, an uplink signal for notifying that the secondary cell has been successfully activated may be sent to the network device earlier, which may reduce the time taken by the network device to learn that the secondary cell is successfully activated, and reduce the activation delay.
- the communication device After receiving the scheduling command, the communication device receives the second pilot signal in a second, larger period, reducing network resources consumed by the second pilot signal. Therefore, the problem that the network resource consumption and the activation delay are unbalanced during the activation of the secondary cell and after the activation is solved, and the data transmission efficiency and the user experience are improved.
- the various components in communication device 1100 communicate with one another via a communication connection, i.e., processor 1110, memory 1120, and transceiver 1130, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 1110, memory 1120, and transceiver 1130, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a CPU, a network processor NP or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in this application can be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the present application may be directly embodied by the execution of the hardware decoding processor or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the transceiver 1130 before receiving the secondary cell activation command, is further configured to receive a configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, where the configuration message includes the First cycle configuration letter Information and configuration information for the second period.
- the first pilot signal received by the transceiver 1130 includes a first demodulation reference signal DMRS and/or a first beam pilot signal
- the transceiver 1130 receives
- the second pilot signal includes a second DMRS and/or a second beam pilot signal.
- the processor 1100 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 1120 may be implemented by a storage module
- the transceiver 1130 may be implemented by a transceiver module.
- the communication device 1200 may include a processing module 1210. The storage module 1220 and the transceiver module 1230.
- the communication device 1100 shown in FIG. 13 or the communication device 1200 shown in FIG. 14 can implement the steps performed by the terminal device in FIG. 5 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- Figure 15 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1300 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication device may refer to the foregoing terminal device, and the communication device embodiment and the method embodiment correspond to each other. A similar description may refer to the method embodiment.
- the communication device 1300 includes: a processor 1310, and a memory. 1320 and transceiver 1330, processor 1310, memory 1320 and transceiver 1330 are connected by communication, memory 1320 stores instructions, processor 1310 is used to execute instructions stored by memory 1320, and transceiver 1330 is configured to be executed by processor 1310. Specific signal transmission and reception.
- the transceiver 1330 is configured to receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the communication device starts hardware preparation work.
- the processor 1310 is configured to start at least one of RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation according to the indication information.
- the transceiver 1330 is further configured to: after receiving the indication information, receive a secondary cell activation command sent by the network device in the first time unit.
- the transceiver 1330 is further configured to send, according to the first time unit, a first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period.
- the embodiment of the present invention provides a communication device, which does not wait until the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device is received, and then starts the hardware preparation work, but after receiving the indication information sent by the network device, before receiving the secondary cell activation command, Start the hardware preparation work.
- the indication information can also be an activation command.
- the communication device can complete the hardware preparation work earlier.
- the communication device After receiving the secondary cell activation command, the communication device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, so that the network device learns that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and shortens the network device to learn that the secondary cell has been activated. The time taken for the activation to succeed, reducing the activation delay, so that the network device can schedule the secondary cell earlier.
- the various components in communication device 1300 communicate with one another via a communication connection, i.e., processor 1310, memory 1320, and transceiver 1330, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 1310, memory 1320, and transceiver 1330, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a CPU, a network processor NP or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in this application can be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in the present application may be directly implemented as a hardware decoding processor, or may be decoded. The combination of hardware and software modules in the device is completed.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the processor 1310 is further configured to determine a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or the scheduling sent by the network device is received.
- the time unit of the command is further configured to send, after the second time unit, the second uplink signal to the network device according to the second period or according to the manner of the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the processor 1310 is specifically configured to: start at least one of RRM measurement, CSI measurement, downlink synchronization, and hardware preparation after receiving the indication information, the hardware preparation
- the work includes at least one of phase-locked loop adjustment, crystal adjustment, automatic gain control, and RF chain activation.
- the indication information and the secondary cell activation command may be sent in the form of a MAC CE or in the form of physical layer signaling.
- the transceiver 1330 before receiving the indication information, is further configured to receive a configuration message of the secondary cell sent by the network device, where the configuration message of the secondary cell At least one of period information of the RRM measurement, a period of the CSI measurement, a configuration of the first period, and configuration information of the second period is included.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- the processor 1300 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 1320 may be implemented by a storage module
- the transceiver 1330 may be implemented by a transceiver module.
- the communication device 1400 may include a processing module 1410. The storage module 1420 and the transceiver module 1430.
- the communication device 1300 shown in FIG. 15 or the communication device 1400 shown in FIG. 16 can implement the steps performed by the terminal device in FIG. 6 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic block diagram of a network device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the network device embodiment and the method embodiment correspond to each other. A similar description may refer to the method embodiment, and the network device 1500 shown in FIG. 17 may be used to perform the steps corresponding to the network device in FIG.
- the network device 1500 includes a processor 1510, a memory 1520, and a transceiver 1530.
- the processor 1510, the memory 1520, and the transceiver 1530 are connected by communication.
- the memory 1520 stores instructions, and the processor 1510 is configured to execute instructions stored by the memory 1520. 1530 is for performing specific signal transceiving under the driving of the processor 1510.
- the transceiver 1530 is configured to send, by the terminal device, indication information, where the indication information is used by the terminal device to start hardware preparation work.
- the transceiver 1530 is further configured to: after transmitting the indication information, send a secondary cell activation command to the terminal device in the first time unit.
- the transceiver 1530 is further configured to receive, according to the first time unit, the first uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the first period.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention sends the indication information to the terminal device before the secondary cell activation command is sent to the terminal device, where the indication information is used by the terminal device to start hardware preparation work.
- the terminal device does not wait until the secondary cell activation command sent by the network device is received, and then starts the hardware preparation work. Before receiving the secondary cell activation command, the hardware preparation work is started.
- the indication information can also be an activation command.
- Such a terminal device can Complete hardware preparation earlier.
- the terminal device sends the first uplink signal to the network device according to the first period, so that the network device learns that the secondary cell has been activated successfully, and shortens the network device to learn the secondary cell. The time taken for success has been activated, and the activation delay is reduced so that the network device can schedule the secondary cell earlier.
- the various components in network device 1500 communicate with one another via a communication connection, i.e., processor 1510, memory 1520, and transceiver 1530, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- a communication connection i.e., processor 1510, memory 1520, and transceiver 1530, communicating control and/or data signals through internal connection paths.
- the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
- the above processor may be a CPU, a network processor NP or a combination of a CPU and an NP, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in this application can be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the present application may be directly embodied by the execution of the hardware decoding processor or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the above method.
- the processor 1510 is configured to: determine a second time unit, where the time unit of the longest activation time arrives or the scheduling sent by the network device is received. The time unit of the command.
- the transceiver 1530 is further configured to receive, after the second time unit, the second uplink signal sent by the terminal device according to the second period or the manner according to the network device scheduling, where the second period is greater than the first period.
- the transceiver 1530 before sending the indication information, is further configured to send a configuration message of the secondary cell to the terminal device, where the configuration message of the secondary cell includes the At least one of period information of the RRM measurement, a period of the CSI measurement, a configuration of the first period, and configuration information of the second period.
- the indication information and the secondary cell activation command may be sent in the form of a MAC CE or in the form of physical layer signaling.
- the first uplink signal includes first channel state information CSI and/or a first sounding reference signal SRS
- the second uplink signal includes a second CSI and/or a second SRS.
- the processor 1510 may be implemented by a processing module
- the memory 1520 may be implemented by a storage module
- the transceiver 1530 may be implemented by a transceiver module.
- the network device 1600 may include a processing module 1610. The storage module 1620 and the transceiver module 1630.
- the network device 1500 shown in FIG. 17 or the network device 1600 shown in FIG. 18 can implement the steps performed by the network device in FIG. 6 described above. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
- the embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable medium for storing computer program code, the computer program comprising instructions for performing the method for activating a secondary cell in the embodiments of the present invention in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. .
- the readable medium may be a read-only memory (ROM) or a random access memory (RAM), which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication system, which includes the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention and the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication system can complete any activation provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- the method of the secondary cell can complete any activation provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners.
- the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
- the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
- there may be another division manner for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
- the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product.
- the technical solution of the present application which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including
- the instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.
- the foregoing storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
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- 一种激活辅小区的方法,其特征在于,包括:终端设备在接收到网络设备发送的辅小区激活命令后,从第一时间单元开始,按照第一周期向所述网络设备发送第一上行信号;所述终端设备确定第二时间单元,所述第二时间单元为最长激活时间到达的时间单元或者接收到所述网络设备发送的调度命令的时间单元;所述终端设备在所述第二时间单元之后,按照第二周期或者基于所述网络设备调度的方式向所述网络设备发送第二上行信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述终端设备接收到所述辅小区激活命令前,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备接收所述网络设备发送的所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第二周期的配置信息和基于所述网络设备调度的方式的配置信息中的至少一种,以及所述第一周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一上行信号包括第一信道状态信息CSI和/或第一探测参考信号SRS,所述第二上行信号包括第二CSI和/或第二SRS。
- 根据权利要求1至3中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一时间单元为所述终端设备能够向所述网络设备发送所述第一上行信号的时间单元。
- 一种激活辅小区的方法,其特征在于,包括:网络设备在向终端设备发送辅小区激活命令后,从第一时间单元开始,所述网络设备按照第一周期接收所述终端设备发送的第一上行信号;所述网络设备确定第二时间单元,所述第二时间单元为最长激活时间到达的时间单元或者向所述终端设备发送调度命令的时间单元;所述网络设备在所述第二时间单元之后,按照第二周期或者基于所述网络设备调度的方式接收所述终端设备发送的第二上行信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求5所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述网络设备向终端设备发送所述辅小区激活命令前,所述方法还包括:所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第二周期的配置信息和基于所述网络设备调度的方式的配置信息中的至少一种,以及所述第一周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要5或6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一上行信号包括第一信道状态信息CSI和/或第一探测参考信号SRS,所述第二上行信号包括第二CSI和/或第二SRS。
- 根据权利要求5至7中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一时间单元为所述终端设备能够向所述网络设备发送所述第一上行信号的时间单元。
- 一种激活辅小区的方法,其特征在于,包括:网络设备在第三时间单元向终端设备发送辅小区激活命令;所述网络设备从所述第三时间单元开始,按照第一周期向所述终端设备发送第一导频信号;所述网络设备确定第四时间单元,所述第四时间单元为最长激活时间达到的时间单元或者为所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送调度命令的时间单元;在所述第四时间单元之后,所述网络设备按照第二周期向所述终端设备发送第二导频信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述网络设备发送所述辅小区激活命令前,所述方法还包括:所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第一周期的配置信息和所述第二周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求9或10所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一导频信号包括第一解调参考信号DMRS和/或第一波束导频信号,所述第二导频信号包括第二DMRS和/或第二波束导频信号。
- 一种激活辅小区的方法,其特征在于,包括:终端设备在第三时间单元接收到网络设备发送的辅小区激活命令;所述终端设备从所述第三时间单元开始,按照第一周期接收所述网络设备发送的第一导频信号;所述终端设备确定第四时间单元,所述第四时间单元为最长激活时间达到的时间单元或者为所述终端设备接收到所述网络设备发送的调度命令的时间单元;在所述第四时间单元之后,所述终端设备按照第二周期接收所述网络设备发送的第二导频信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求12所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述终端设备接收到所述网络设备发送所述辅小区激活命令前,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备接收所述网络设备发送的所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第一周期的配置信息和所述第二周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求12或13所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一导频信号包括第一解调参考信号DMRS和/或第一波束导频信号,所述第二导频信号包括第二DMRS和/或第二波束导频信号。
- 一种通信装置,包括处理器、收发器和存储器,所述存储器用于存储指令,所述处理器用于执行所述存储器存储的指令,以控制所述收发器接收或发送信号;所述收发器,用于在接收到网络设备发送的辅小区激活命令后,从第一时间单元开始,按照第一周期向所述网络设备发送第一上行信号;所述处理器,用于确定第二时间单元,所述第二时间单元为最长激活时间到达的时间单元或者接收到所述网络设备发送的调度命令的时间单元;所述收发器还用于在所述第二时间单元之后,按照第二周期或者基于所述网络设备调度的方式向所述网络设备发送第二上行信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求15所述的通信装置,其特征在于,在接收到所述辅小区激活命令前,所述收发器还用于接收所述网络设备发送的所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第二周期的配置信息和基于所述网络设备调度的方式的配置信息中的至少一种,以及述第一周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求15或16所述的通信装置,其特征在于,所述收发器发送的所述第 一上行信号包括第一信道状态信息CSI和/或第一探测参考信号SRS,所述收发器发送的所述第二上行信号包括第二CSI和/或第二SRS。
- 根据权利要求15至17中任一项所述的通信装置,其特征在于,所述第一时间单元为所述通信装置能够向所述网络设备发送所述第一上行信号的时间单元。
- 一种网络设备,其特征在于,包括处理器、收发器和存储器,所述存储器用于存储指令,所述处理器用于执行所述存储器存储的指令,以控制所述收发器接收或发送信号;所述收发器,用于在向终端设备发送辅小区激活命令后,从第一时间单元开始,所述网络设备按照第一周期接收所述终端设备发送的第一上行信号;所述处理器,用于确定第二时间单元,所述第二时间单元为最长激活时间到达的时间单元或者向所述终端设备发送调度命令的时间单元;所述收发器还用于在所述第二时间单元之后,按照第二周期或者基于所述网络设备调度的方式接收所述终端设备发送的第二上行信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求19所述的网络设备,其特征在于,在发送所述辅小区激活命令前,所述收发器还用于向所述终端设备发送所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第二周期的配置信息和基于所述网络设备调度的方式的配置信息中的至少一种,以及述第一周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求19或20所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述收发器接收的所述第一上行信号包括第一信道状态信息CSI和/或第一探测参考信号SRS,所述收发器接收的所述第二上行信号包括第二CSI和/或第二SRS。
- 根据权利要求19至21中任一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第一时间单元为所述终端设备能够向所述网络设备发送所述第一上行信号的时间单元。
- 一种网络设备,其特征在于,包括处理器、收发器和存储器,所述存储器用于存储指令,所述处理器用于执行所述存储器存储的指令,以控制所述收发器接收或发送信号;所述收发器,用于在第三时间单元向终端设备发送辅小区激活命令;所述收发器还用于从所述第三时间单元开始,按照第一周期向所述终端设备发送第一导频信号;所述处理器,用于确定第四时间单元,所述第四时间单元为最长激活时间达到的时间单元或者为所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送调度命令的时间单元;所述收发器还用于在所述第四时间单元之后,按照第二周期向所述终端设备发送第二导频信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求23所述的网络设备,其特征在于,在发送到所述辅小区激活命令前,所述收发器还用于向所述终端设备发送所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第一周期的配置信息和所述第二周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求23或24所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述收发器发送的所述第一导频信号包括第一解调参考信号DMRS和/或第一波束导频信号,所述收发器发送的所述第二导频信号包括第二DMRS和/或第二波束导频信号。
- 一种通信装置,包括处理器、收发器和存储器,所述存储器用于存储指令,所述处理器用于执行所述存储器存储的指令,以控制所述收发器接收或发送信号;所述收发器,用于在第三时间单元接收到网络设备发送的辅小区激活命令;所述收发器还用于从所述第三时间单元开始,按照第一周期接收所述网络设备发送的第一导频信号;所述处理器,用于确定第四时间单元,所述第四时间单元为最长激活时间达到的时间单元或者为所述通信装置接收到所述网络设备发送的调度命令的时间单元;所述收发器还用于在所述第四时间单元之后,按照第二周期接收所述网络设备发送的第二导频信号,所述第二周期大于所述第一周期。
- 根据权利要求26所述的通信装置,其特征在于,在接收到所述辅小区激活命令前,所述收发器还用于接收所述网路设备发送的所述辅小区的配置消息,所述配置消息包括所述第一周期的配置信息和所述第二周期的配置信息。
- 根据权利要求26或27所述的通信装置,其特征在于,所述收发器发送的所述第一导频信号包括第一解调参考信号DMRS和/或第一波束导频信号,所述收发器发送的所述第二导频信号包括第二DMRS和/或第二波束导频信号。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,用于存储计算机程序,其特征在于,所述计算机程序用于执行根据权利要求1至14中任一项所述的激活辅小区的方法的指令。
- 一种通信装置,包含至少一个处理器和存储器,所述存储器上存储有计算机程序,其特征在于,所述至少一个处理器执行所述计算机程序,以实现权利要求1-14任一项所述的方法。
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