KR20190051914A - Method and apparatus for performing activation/deactivation of serving cell in wireless communication system using dual connectivity - Google Patents

Abstract

An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for activating/deactivating a serving cell in a wireless communication system using dual connectivity which allow MAC schedulers of base stations to be independently operated without exchanging information between the base stations. A terminal supporting dual connectivity comprises: a receiver to receive first information including activation/deactivation indicators for a secondary serving cell (SCell) of a first secondary serving cell group arranged in the terminal from a first node, and second information including activation/deactivation indicators for a secondary serving cell (SCell) of a second secondary serving cell group arranged in the terminal from a second node; and a processor to control a state of the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group to be activated or deactivated in accordance with the activation/deactivation indicators for the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group identified from the first information received from the first node, and control a state of the secondary serving cell of the second secondary serving cell group to be activated or deactivated in accordance with the activation/deactivation indicators for the secondary serving cell of the second secondary serving cell group identified from the second information received from the second node.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for activating / deactivating a serving cell in a wireless communication system using a dual-

The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing activation / deactivation of secondary serving cells in a wireless communication system in which a terminal is dual-connected through two or more different base stations.

In a wireless communication system, a terminal can perform wireless communication through two or more base stations among the base stations constituting at least one serving cell. This is called dual connectivity. In other words, a dual connection is an operation in which a terminal set to an RRC connection state with at least two different network points consume radio resources provided by the network points can do. Herein, at least two or more different network points may be physically or logically divided into a plurality of base stations, one of which is a master eNB (MeNB) and the other base stations are a secondary base station (SenB) Lt; / RTI >

In the dual connection, each base station transmits downlink data through a bearer configured for one terminal and receives uplink data. At this time, one bearer may be configured through one base station, or may be configured through two or more different base stations. Also, in the dual connection, each base station may have at least one serving cell (Serving Cell), and each serving cell may be operated in an activated or deactivated state. In this case, a primary serving cell (PCell: Primary cell) configured in a conventional CA (Carrier Aggregation) scheme is configured in the master base station, a secondary serving cell (SCell: Cell). Here, carrier aggregation is a technique for efficiently using a fragmented small band, in which one base station bundles a plurality of physically continuous or non-continuous bands in the frequency domain to form a logically large band So as to have the same effect as using a band.

When the terminal is connected to one base station, the base station transmits an activation / deactivation indicator for all the secondary serving cells configured for itself to the terminal in order to optimize battery consumption of the terminal, To activate or deactivate the serving cells that are configured for itself. However, in the case of the dual connection, when the master base station and the secondary base station each transmit an activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cells configured to the secondary base station to the mobile station, the indicator indicates activation of all secondary serving cells / Deactivation directive is included, a problem arises in that it also indicates the activation / deactivation of the serving cell provided by another base station. However, since the MAC (Medium Access Control) scheduler of each base station exists in each base station and operates independently of each other, the base station can not determine whether to activate or deactivate the serving cells in other base stations. Therefore, there is a demand for a method capable of solving the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention is directed to a system and method for transmitting / receiving information on active / inactive of a secondary serving cell to a mobile station in a wireless communication system, The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for activating / deactivating a serving cell in a wireless communication system using a dual connection scheme.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a terminal supporting a dual connection includes first information including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell (SCell) of a first secondary serving cell group configured in the terminal from the first node, A receiver receiving second information including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell (SCell) of a second secondary serving cell group configured at the terminal from the second node; And controls the state of the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group to be activated or deactivated according to the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group identified from the second node The status of the secondary serving cell of the second sub-serving cell group according to the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell of the second secondary serving cell group identified from the received second information It may include a processor that enables or disables be controlled.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal supporting a dual connection includes a first MAC (Medium Access Control) control element (CE) including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB from a master evolved NodeB ) And a secondary evolved NodeB (SeNB), and a second MAC CE that includes an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB, and an index of the serving cell associated with the MeNB in the first MAC CE And controls activation / deactivation of the secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB based on the first MAC CE received from the MeNB, and controls the activation / deactivation of the secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB Deactivate indicator corresponding to the index of the associated serving cell, identifies an activation / deactivation indicator corresponding to the index of the secondary serving cell, It may include a processor for controlling the activation / deactivation of the group unit serving cell.

Each base station generates active / inactive MAC CE information and delivers it to the mobile station while maintaining the existing message format. Therefore, the MAC scheduler can operate independently without exchanging information between the base stations.

1 is a diagram showing a network structure of a wireless communication system.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless protocol structure for a user plane.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless protocol structure for a control plane.
4 is a diagram showing a structure of a bearer service in a wireless communication system.
5 is a diagram showing a dual connection situation of a terminal.
6 is a view showing a structure of a user plane for a double connection.
7 to 11 are diagrams illustrating a protocol structure of base stations in downlink transmission of user plane data.
12 is a diagram showing a structure of a MAC PDU.
13 is a diagram showing a structure of a MAC subheader.
14 is a diagram showing a structure of a MAC CE.
15A is a diagram illustrating a method for transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15B is a diagram illustrating a method for transmitting activation / deactivation information when the special-purpose serving cell has the same activation characteristics as the main serving cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
15C is a diagram illustrating a method of transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a diagram illustrating a method for transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a UE receiving activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a secondary base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an example of an apparatus for transmitting / receiving an activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell and a receiving apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the contents related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings and embodiments, together with the contents of the present invention. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present disclosure rather unclear.

In addition, the present invention will be described with respect to a wireless communication network. The work performed in the wireless communication network may be performed in a process of controlling a network and transmitting data by a system (e.g., a base station) Work can be done at a terminal connected to the network.

1 is a diagram showing a network structure of a wireless communication system.

FIG. 1 shows a network structure of an evolved-universal mobile telecommunications system (E-UMTS) system as an example of a wireless communication system. The E-UMTS system may be an Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or an LTE-A (advanced) system. The wireless communication system can be classified into a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), a Single Carrier- , OFDM-TDMA, and OFDM-CDMA.

Referring to FIG. 1, an Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) includes a Base Station (BS) providing a control plane (CP) and a user plane (UP) (eNB: evolved NodeB, 20).

The terminal 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be referred to by other terms such as a mobile station (MS), an advanced MS (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS) have.

The base station 20 generally refers to a station that communicates with the terminal 10 and includes a base station (BS), a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point, a femto-eNB, A pico-eNB, a home eNB, a relay, or the like. The base stations 20 are physically connected through an optical cable or a DSL (digital subscriber line), and can exchange signals or messages with each other via the Xn interface. In FIG. 1, for example, the base stations 20 are connected through an X2 interface.

In the following, the description of the physical connection is omitted and the logical connection is described. As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 20 is connected to an evolved packet core (EPC) 30 through an S1 interface. More specifically, the base station 20 is connected to an MME (Mobility Management Entity) through an S1-MME interface and is connected to an S-GW (Serving Gateway) through an S1-U interface. The base station 20 exchanges context information of the MME with the terminal 10 and information for supporting the mobility of the terminal 10 through the S1-MME interface. And sends and receives data to be served to the S-GW and each terminal 10 through the S1-U interface.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the EPC 30 includes an MME, an S-GW, and a packet data network-gateway (P-GW). The MME has information on the connection information of the terminal 10 and the capability of the terminal 10. This information is mainly used for managing the mobility of the terminal 10. [ The S-GW is a gateway having an E-UTRAN as an end point, and the P-GW is a gateway having a PDN (Packet Data Network) as an end point.

The E-UTRAN and the EPC 30 may be combined to form an EPS (Evolved Packet System). The traffic flow from the wireless link to the base station 20 to the PDN that connects the terminal 10 to the service entity (Internet Protocol).

The wireless interface between the terminal 10 and the base station 20 is referred to as a " Uu interface ". The layers of the radio interface protocol between the terminal 10 and the network are divided into a first layer L1 defined by a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) series wireless communication system (UMTS, LTE, LTE-Advanced, etc.) A second layer L2 and a third layer L3. Among them, the physical layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service using a physical channel, and the RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer located at the third layer exchanges RRC messages, (10) and the network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol architecture for a user plane, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol structure for a control plane. The user plane is a protocol stack for transmitting user data, and the control plane is a protocol stack for transmitting control signals.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, a physical layer (PHY (physical layer) of a terminal and a base station provide an information transfer service to an upper layer using a physical channel, respectively. The physical layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer, which is an upper layer, through a transport channel. The data is transmitted between the MAC layer and the physical layer through a transmission channel. The transport channel is classified according to how the data is transmitted over the air interface. Further, data is transmitted through physical channels between different physical layers (i.e., between the physical layer of the terminal and the base station). The physical channel can be modulated by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and uses time, frequency, and space generated by a plurality of antennas as radio resources.

For example, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a physical channel notifies a UE of resource allocation of a paging CHannel (DLH), a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) And an uplink scheduling grant informing the UE of the resource allocation of the uplink transmission. The Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel (PCFICH) informs the UE of the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCHs and is transmitted every subframe. Also, the PHICH (Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator CHannel) carries HARQ ACK / NAK signals in response to the uplink transmission. Also, the Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) carries uplink control information such as HARQ ACK / NAK, scheduling request and CQI for downlink transmission. Also, the Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) carries UL-SCH (Uplink Shared CHannel). If necessary, the PUSCH may include CSI (Channel State Information) information such as HARQ ACK / NACK and CQI according to the setup and request of the base station.

The MAC layer can perform multiplexing or demultiplexing into a transport block provided on a physical channel on a transport channel of a MAC SDU (Service Data Unit) belonging to a logical channel and a mapping between a logical channel and a transport channel. The MAC layer provides service to the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer through a logical channel. The logical channel can be divided into a control channel for transferring control area information and a traffic channel for transferring user area information. For example, there are data transmission or radio resource allocation as services provided from the MAC layer to the upper layer.

The function of the RLC layer includes concatenation, segmentation and reassembly of the RLC SDUs. The RLC layer includes a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM) to guarantee various QoSs required by a radio bearer (RB) Acknowledged Mode).

In general, transparent mode is used to set the initial connection.

The unacknowledged mode is for data streaming or real-time data transmission such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and is a speed-focused mode rather than a data reliability. On the other hand, the acknowledged mode is a mode that focuses on the reliability of data and is suitable for data transmission which is less sensitive to large data transmission or transmission delay. The base station determines the mode of the RLC in the RB corresponding to each EPS bearer based on the Quality of Service (QoS) information of each EPS bearer connected to the UE and configures the parameters in the RLC so as to satisfy the QoS.

RLC SDUs are supported in various sizes, and may be supported on a byte basis, for example. RLC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) are defined only when a transmission opportunity from a lower layer (eg, the MAC layer) is notified and forwarded to the lower layer. The transmission opportunity may be notified with the size of the total RLC PDUs to be transmitted. In addition, the transmission opportunity and the size of the total RLC PDUs to be transmitted may be separately reported.

The functions of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include delivery of user data, header compression and ciphering, and delivery of control plane data and encryption / integrity protection.

Referring to FIG. 3, the RRC layer is responsible for controlling logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels in connection with configuration, re-configuration and release of RBs. A radio bearer (RB) refers to a logical path provided by a first layer (PHY layer) and a second layer (MAC layer, RLC layer, PDCP layer) for data transmission between a UE and a network. The configuration of the RB means a process of defining characteristics of a radio protocol layer and a channel to provide a specific service, and setting each specific parameter and an operation method. RB may be classified into SRB (Signaling RB) and DRB (Data RB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting the RRC message and the NAS (Non-Access Stratum) message in the control plane, and the DRB is used as a path for transmitting the user data in the user plane.

The non-access stratum (NAS) layer located at the top of the RRC layer performs functions such as session management and mobility management. When there is an RRC connection between the RRC layer of the UE and the RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC connected state. Otherwise, the UE is in an RRC idle state do.

In order for a terminal to transmit user data (e.g., IP packets) to an external Internet network or to receive user data from an external Internet network, it is necessary for the terminal to exist between the mobile communication network entities existing between the terminal and the external Internet network. The resource must be assigned to multiple paths. A path in which resources are allocated between mobile communication network entities and data transmission / reception is possible is called a bearer.

4 is a diagram showing a structure of a bearer service in a wireless communication system.

FIG. 4 shows a path in which an end-to-end service is provided between a terminal and the Internet network. Here, the term end-to-end service refers to a service (UE Bearer) between the UE and the P-GW, a P-GW, and an external bearer to the outside for an Internet network and data service . Here, the external path is a bearer between the P-GW and the Internet network.

When the UE transmits data to the external Internet network, the UE transmits data to the eNB through the RB. Then, the base station transmits the data received from the terminal to the S-GW through the S1 bearer. The S-GW carries the data received from the base station through the S5 / S8 bearer to the P-GW, and finally the data is transmitted to the destination existing in the P-GW and the external internet network through the external bearer.

Likewise, in order for data to be transmitted from the external Internet network to the mobile station, the mobile station can transmit data to the mobile station via the bearers in the reverse direction.

As described above, in the wireless communication system, each bearer is defined for each interface to ensure independence between interfaces. The bearer at each interface will be described in more detail as follows.

The bearer provided by the wireless communication system is collectively referred to as an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer. The EPS bearer is a delivery path established between the UE and the P-GW to transmit IP traffic with a specific QoS. The P-GW may receive IP flows from the Internet or may transmit IP flows over the Internet. Each EPS bearer is set with QoS decision parameters indicating the characteristics of the propagation path. An EPS bearer may be configured for one or more UEs per UE, and one EPS bearer uniquely represents a concatenation of one E-RAB and one S5 / S8 bearer.

The radio bearer (RB) exists between the UE and the base station and delivers the packets of the EPS bearer. A specific RB has a one-to-one mapping relationship with the corresponding EPS Bearer / E-RAB (E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer).

The S1 bearer carries the E-RAB packet as a bearer existing between the S-GW and the base station.

The S5 / S8 bearer is the bearer of the S5 / S8 interface. Both S5 and S8 are bearers present at the interface between the S-GW and the P-GW. S5 interface exists when the S-GW and P-GW belong to the same service provider. The S8 interface belongs to the Visited PLMN roaming S-GW and the P- RTI ID = 0.0 > PLMN). ≪ / RTI >

The E-RAB uniquely represents the concatenation of the S1 bearer and its corresponding RB. When there is one E-RAB, a one-to-one mapping is established between the corresponding E-RAB and one EPS bearer. That is, one EPS bearer corresponds to one RB, S1 bearer, and S5 / S8 bearer, respectively. The S1 bearer is the bearer at the interface between the base station and the S-GW.

RB means two kinds of data RB (data radio bearer) and signaling RB (signaling radio bearer). However, in the present invention, RB is a DRB provided in a Uu interface to support a user service . Therefore, the RB that is expressed separately is distinguished from the SRB. RB is a path through which user plane data is transmitted, and SRB is a path through which control plane data such as an RRC layer and a NAS control message are transmitted. There is a one-to-one mapping between RB, E-RAB and EPS bearer. The base station maps DRBs and S1 bearers to one-to-one and stores them in order to generate a DRB that bundles both uplink and downlink. The S-GW maps the S1 bearer to the S5 / S8 bearer one-to-one and stores it in order to create the S1 bearer and the S5 / S8 bearer that bind both the uplink and downlink.

EPS bearer types include a default bearer and a dedicated bearer. When the terminal accesses the wireless communication network, the terminal is allocated an IP address and generates a PDN connection and a default EPS bearer at the same time. That is, the default bearer is first created when a new PDN connection is created. If a user uses a service (eg, the Internet) via a default bearer and uses a service (eg, VoD, etc.) that is not properly provided with QoS as the default bearer, A dedicated bearer is created. In this case, the dedicated bearer can be set to a different QoS from the bearer that has already been set. The QoS decision parameters applied to the dedicated bearer are provided by the Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF). When generating the dedicated bearer, the PCRF can receive the subscription information of the user from the Subscriber Profile Repository (SPR) and determine QoS determination parameters. Up to 15 dedicated bearers can be created, for example, up to 15, and in the LTE system, four out of the 15 are not used. Therefore, up to 11 dedicated bearers can be created.

The EPS bearer includes QoS Class Identifier (QCI) and Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP) as basic QoS decision parameters. EPS bearer is divided into GBR (Guaranteed Bit Rate) bearer and non-GBR bearer according to QCI resource type. The default bearer is always set to a non-GBR bearer, and the dedicated bearer can be set to a GBR or non-GBR bearer. In addition to QCI and ARP, the GBR type bearer has GBR and MBR (Maximum Bit Rate) as QoS decision parameters. After QoS defined by the wireless communication system as a whole is defined as an EPS bearer, QoS is determined for each interface. Each interface establishes a bearer according to the QoS it should provide.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dual connection situation of a terminal.

5, when the terminal 550 enters the overlaid area of the service area of the macro cell F2 in the master base station 500 and the service area of the small cell F1 in the secondary base station 510, Fig.

In this case, in order to support the additional data service through the small cell F1 in the secondary base station 510 while maintaining the existing wireless connection and the data service connection through the macro cell F2 in the master base station 500, And establishes a dual connection to the terminal 550. Accordingly, the user data arriving at the master base station 500 can be transmitted to the terminal through the secondary base station 510. Specifically, the F2 frequency band is allocated to the master base station 500, and the F1 frequency band is allocated to the secondary base station 510. [ The terminal 550 can receive the service from the master base station 500 through the frequency band F2 and receive the service from the secondary base station 510 via the frequency band F1. In the above example, the master base station 500 uses the F2 frequency band and the secondary base station 510 uses the F1 frequency band. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the master base station 500 and the secondary base station 510 510) may use the same F1 or F2 frequency band.

6 is a view showing a structure of a user plane for a double connection.

The dual connection consists of an arbitrary terminal, a master base station (MeNB) and at least one secondary base station (SeNB). The double connection can be divided into three options as shown in FIG. 6 depending on how the user plane data is divided. In Fig. 6, the concept of the above three options for downlink transmission of user plane data is shown as an example.

The first option is when the S1-U interface has an end point not only in the master base station but also in the secondary base station. In this case, each of the base stations MeNB and SeNB transmits downlink data through an EPS bearer (EPS bearer # 1 for the master base station and EPS bearer # 2 for the secondary base station) configured for one UE. Since the user plane data is splitted in the core network (CN), this is called a CN split.

Second option: The case where the S1-U interface has an end point only in the master base station. In this case, the S1-U interface has an end point only at the master base station, but the bearer does not differentiate and only one bearer is mapped for each base station.

Option 3: The S1-U interface has an endpoint only in the MeNB. In this case, since the bearer is differentiated, it is called a bear split. The bearer split is divided into two flows (or more flows) because one bearer is differentiated into a plurality of base stations. We call bearer splits as multi-flow, multiple-node (eNB) transmission, inter-eNB carrier aggregation, etc. in that information is transmitted through multiple flows. Also.

On the other hand, if the end point of the S1-U interface is the master base station (i.e., the second or third option) in terms of the protocol structure, the protocol layer in the secondary base station must support the segmentation or refinement process. This is because the physical interface and subdivision processes are closely related to each other, and when using non-ideal backhaul, the subdivision or subdivision process must be the same as the node transmitting the RLC PDU. Therefore, considering the protocol structures for dual connection in the RLC layer and above, the following is considered.

1. It is the case that the PDCP layer exists independently in each base station. This is also referred to as an independent PDCP type. In this case, each base station can use the operation of the existing LTE layer 2 protocol in the bearer as it is. This can be applied to both the first option and the third option.

2. An RLC layer exists independently in each base station. This is also referred to as an independent RLC type. In this case, the S1-U interface makes the master base station an end point, and the PDCP layer exists only in the master base station. In the case of the bearer split (third option), the RLC layer is separated in both the network and the UE side, and there exists an independent RLC bearer for each RLC layer.

3. The RLC layer is divided into the 'master RLC' layer of the master base station and the 'slave RLC' layer of the secondary base station. This is also referred to as master-slave RLC type. In this case, the S1-U interface has a master base station as an end point. In the master base station, a part of the PDCP layer and the RLC layer (the master RLC layer) exists and the secondary base station has a part of the RLC layer (the slave RLC layer). In the UE, there is only one RLC layer forming a pair with the master RLC layer and the slave RLC layer.

Thus, the double connection can be distinguished as shown in FIG. 7 by the combination of the above-described options and types.

7 to 11 are diagrams illustrating a protocol structure of base stations in downlink transmission of user plane data.

First, referring to FIG. 7, the S1-U interface has an end point not only in the master base station but also in the secondary base station, and the PDCP layer exists independently in each base station (in the case of the independent PDCP type). In this case, the PDCP layer, the RLC layer and the MAC layer exist in the master base station and the secondary base station, respectively, and each base station transmits downlink data through each EPS bearer configured for the terminal.

In this case, the master base station does not need to buffer or process packets transmitted by the secondary base station, and has the advantage that there is little or no impact on the RDCP / RLC and GTP-U / UDP / IP. Since there is no need for backhaul link between the master base station and the secondary base station and there is no need to control the flow between the master base station and the secondary base station, the master base station does not need to route all the traffic, Can support local break-out and content caching at the same time.

8, an S1-U interface has an end point only in a master base station, not a bearer split, and a PDCP layer independently exists in each base station (in the case of an independent PDCP type). In this case, the PDCP layer, the RLC layer and the MAC layer exist in the master base station and the secondary base station, respectively, but the PDCP layer of the master base station is connected to the PDCP layer of the secondary base station via the Xn interface. Here, the Xn interface may be an X2 interface defined between base stations in the LTE system.

In this case, there is an advantage that the mobility of the secondary base station is hidden in the core network, and there is little or no effect on the RDCP / RLC and GTP-U / UDP / IP and only the packet is routed to the secondary base station without buffering .

9, it is shown that the S1-U interface has an end point only in the master base station, is not a bearer split, and the RLC layer exists independently in each base station (in the case of an independent RLC type). In this case, the master base station includes the PDCP layer, the RLC layer, and the MAC layer, but only the RLC layer and the MAC layer exist in the secondary base station. The PDCP layer of the master base station is separated into a bearer level, and one of the PDCP layers is connected to the RLC layer of the secondary base station through the Xn interface.

In this case, the mobility of the secondary base station is hidden in the core network, and there is no security effect that the ciphering is required in the master base station. Also, there is an advantage that the master base station can transfer RLC processing to the secondary base station, and has little or no effect on the RLC.

Referring to FIG. 10, the S1-U interface has an end point only in the master base station and is bearer split. In the case where the RLC layer exists independently in each base station (in the case of the independent RLC type), FIG. In this case, the master base station has the PDCP layer, the RLC layer, and the MAC layer, and only the RLC layer and the MAC layer exist in the secondary base station. The PDCP layer, the RLC layer, and the MAC layer of the master base station are separated into bearer levels, and one PDCP layer is connected to one of the RLC layers of the master base station and is connected to the RLC layer of the secondary base station through the Xn interface.

In this case, there is no security effect that the mobility of the secondary base station is hidden in the core network, encryption is required in the master base station, and data forwarding between the secondary base stations is not necessary when the secondary base station is changed. In addition, the master base station can transfer RLC processing to the secondary base station, and can utilize radio resources through the master base station and the secondary base station for the same bearer when there is no or little influence on the RLC, There is an advantage in that the requirement for the mobility of the secondary base station is small since it is possible to use the master base station.

11, if the S1-U interface has an end point only in the master base station and is bearer split, and the RLC layer of the master base station is the master RLC layer and the secondary base station RLC layer is the slave RLC layer (master- Is shown. In this case, the master base station has the PDCP layer, the RLC layer, and the MAC layer, and only the RLC layer and the MAC layer exist in the secondary base station. In addition, the PDCP layer, the RLC layer and the MAC layer of the master base station are separated into bearer levels, and one RLC layer is connected to the RLC layer (slave RLC layer) of the secondary base station through the Xn interface as the master RLC layer.

In this case, there is no security effect that the mobility of the secondary base station is hidden in the core network, encryption is required in the master base station, and data forwarding between the secondary base stations is not necessary when the secondary base station is changed. In addition, if there is no influence on the RLC, and if it is possible to do so, it is possible to utilize radio resources for the same bearer through the master base station and the secondary base station, and since the master base station can be used during the movement of the secondary base station, The advantage is that there are few things. In addition, there is an advantage that the packet loss between the master base station and the secondary base station can be covered by the ARQ of the RLC.

Hereinafter, the activation and deactivation of the secondary serving cell at the time of Carrier Aggregation (CA) in the wireless communication system will be described in more detail.

When a terminal forms a CA, the terminal has one RRC connection with the network. This is the same even when a dual connection is configured. When establishing, re-establishing, or handing over an RRC connection, a particular serving cell provides non-access stratum (NAS) mobility information (e.g., TAI: Tracking Area ID). Hereinafter, the specific serving cell is referred to as a primary serving cell (PCell). The main serving cell may be composed of a DL Primary PCC (Downlink Primary Component Carrier) and a UL PCC (Uplink Primary Component Carrier).

Secondary cells (SCells) can be configured in the form of a serving cell together with a main serving cell according to the UE capability of the UE. The secondary serving cell may be composed of only a DL SCC (Downlink Secondary Component Carrier) or a pair with a UL SCC (Uplink Secondary Component Carrier).

A serving cell set consists of one main serving cell and at least one secondary serving cell. The main serving cell can be changed only through a handover procedure and is used for PUCCH transmission. The main serving cell can not transition to the inactive state, but the secondary serving cell can be transitioned to the inactive state.

The RRC reset procedure is triggered when a radio link failure (RLF) is experienced in the main serving cell. However, the RLF of the serving cell is not triggered.

Adding, removing, or reconfiguring secondary serving cells in a serving cell set is accomplished through an RRC reconfiguration procedure, which is dedicated signaling. When adding a new secondary serving cell to a serving cell set, the RRC reconfiguration message also includes system information for the new secondary serving cell. Therefore, in the case of the auxiliary serving cell, monitoring operation for changing the system information is not required.

In this manner, when the CA is configured in the terminal, an activation / deactivation mechanism for the serving cell is supported in order to optimize battery consumption of the terminal. If the secondary serving cell is deactivated, the UE does not need to receive the PDCCH or PDSCH corresponding to the secondary serving cell and can not perform any transmission through the uplink corresponding to the secondary serving cell. Also, it should not perform CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) measurement operation. Conversely, if the secondary serving cell is active, the UE must receive the PDCCH and the PDSCH. However, this is performed only when the corresponding terminal is configured to monitor the PDCCH for the secondary serving cell. In addition, it should be able to perform CQI measurement operation.

The activation / deactivation mechanism is based on a combination of a MAC Control Element (CE) and a deactivation timer. The MAC CE indicates whether to activate / deactivate each serving cell by one bit, '0' denotes inactivation, and '1' denotes activation. The MAC CE can independently indicate whether to enable / disable the secondary serving cells through bits corresponding to each secondary serving cell, and can be configured as a bitmap type.

The deactivation timer is configured and maintained for each serving cell, but all the serving cells have the same deactivation timer value in common. The deactivation timer value is configured via RRC signaling.

If the UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message that does not include mobility control information (MCI), if there is a secondary serving cell added to the RRC reconfiguration message, the initial state of the secondary serving cell is 'deactivated' . At this time, in the case of the serving cell which has been reconfigured through the RRC reconfiguration message or has no change, the activation or deactivation state remains unchanged.

However, if the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message including the MCI, that is, in the case of handover, all the serving cells transit to the 'deactivated' state.

FIG. 12 illustrates a structure of a MAC PDU, FIG. 13 illustrates a structure of a MAC subheader, and FIG. 14 illustrates a structure of a MAC CE. Hereinafter, the structure of the MAC CE will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14. FIG.

12, there is shown a structure of a MAC PDU used in a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) and an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) transmission. As shown in FIG. 12, the MAC PDU includes one MAC header, 0 or one or more MAC CEs, 0 or one or more MAC Service Data Units (SDUs) and padding. Here, the MAC header and the MAC SDU have a variable length, and the padding may be optionally included in the MAC PDU.

The MAC header is composed of one or more subheaders. Each subheader corresponds to a MAC SDU or MAC CE or padding of a MAC PDU, respectively. That is, the subheaders of the MAC PDU have the same order as the corresponding MAC SDU, MAC CE, and padding.

The MAC CE for activation / deactivation of the serving cell corresponds to a subheader of the type (R / R / E / LCID type) as shown in FIG. In FIG. 13, 'R' denotes a bit that is not used as a reserved bit, and 'E' denotes a bit indicating whether there are additional 8 bits in the corresponding subheader. And 'LCID' indicates the logical meaning of the MAC CE or MAC SDU corresponding to the corresponding subheader.

For example, the LCID value for the downlink shared channel can be defined as shown in Table 1 below.

Index LCID  values 00000 CCCH 00001-01010 Identity of the logical channel 01011-11010 Reserved 11011 Activation / Deactivation 11100 UE Contention Resolution Identity 11101 Timing Advance Command 11110 DRX Command 11111 Padding

Referring to Table 1, the LCID value for the MAC CE for activation / deactivation of the serving cell is set to '11011'. Therefore, the MAC CE corresponding to the subheader of the MAC PDU whose LCID value is set to '11011' is interpreted as shown in FIG.

14 shows a structure of a MAC CE having a fixed length of 8 bits. In FIG. 14, C ₁ is an indicator for indicating activation / deactivation of the serving cells having the index value '1' when the serving cell having the index value '1' is configured. Similarly, C ₂ is an indicator indicating activation / deactivation of the serving cells having the index value '2' when a serving cell having the index value '2' is configured. At this time, the UE may ignore the field of the non-serving cell of the UE. 'R' is always set to '0' as a reserved bit.

15A is a diagram illustrating a method for transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When a terminal has a dual connection through a master base station and a secondary base station, the terminal can receive an active / inactive MAC CE message from each base station through a main serving cell or a secondary serving cell provided by each base station. Hereinafter, the activation / deactivation MAC CE message received from the master base station is referred to as a first activation / deactivation MAC CE message, and the activation / deactivation MAC CE message received from the secondary base station is referred to as a second activation / deactivation MAC CE message.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 15A, the UE recognizes and applies information on the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station in the first activation / deactivation MAC CE message, Information about the active / inactive indicator for the serving cells provided by the mobile station should be ignored. Similarly, for the second activation / deactivation MAC CE message, only the information regarding the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station is recognized and applied, and activation for the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station / Disable indicator, the UE may use a time alignment group (TAG). The TAG is a group comprising serving cell (s) using the same time advance value and the same timing reference or timing reference cell including the timing reference, among the serving cells configured for the uplink. For example, if the first serving cell and the second serving cell belong to TAG1 and the second serving cell is a timing reference cell, the same time advance value TA1 is applied to the first serving cell and the second serving cell, Applies the TA1 value based on the DL synchronization point of time of the DL CC of the second serving cell. On the other hand, if the first serving cell and the second serving cell belong to TAG1 and TAG2, respectively, the first serving cell and the second serving cell are timing reference cells in the corresponding TAG, and the first serving cell and the second serving cell have different time Advance values TA1 and TA2 are applied, respectively. The TAG may comprise a main serving cell, may include at least one secondary serving cell, and may include or be associated with a primary serving cell and at least one secondary serving cell.

However, during the sTAG, there is also a sTAG consisting of the serving cells provided by the master base station. Accordingly, the terminal receives the information on the sTAG consisting of the serving cells provided by the master base station from the master base station, and by using the sTAG, which is the sTAG constituted by the serving cells provided by the master base station It is possible to distinguish which sTAG is the sTAG composed of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station. Information on the sTAG consisting of the serving cells provided by the master base station may be transmitted through the RRC message. The RRC layer in the network or the master base station may perform the RRC reconfiguration procedure for the transmission of the RRC message.

In this way, the terminal can determine whether each of the secondary serving cells configured in the terminal is a secondary serving cell provided by the base station by using the TAG. Therefore, the terminal can activate / deactivate the primary and secondary base stations, respectively, 4 " and " 6 " in the second activation / deactivation MAC CE message based on the information about the serving cells included in each active / inactive MAC CE message, Information on the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cells, and information on the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell having the index value '1' can be ignored.

Meanwhile, the BS may inform the MS about which sub-serving cell is provided by which BS through the RRC message. In this case, the RRC message may include information on a base station providing the corresponding secondary serving cell for each secondary serving cell configured in the UE. In this case, since the main serving cell is provided by the master base station, the RRC message may not include information on the base station providing the main serving cell. Accordingly, even if the UE receives a plurality of activation / deactivation MAC CE messages, the UE can recognize which of the secondary serving cells provided in the UE based on the information included in the RRC message is the serving cell provided by which base station. Enable / Disable The enable / disable indicator for the serving cells included in the MAC CE message can be selectively applied and ignored.

As shown in FIG. 15B, when a secondary serving cell (also referred to as a special secondary serving cell) having a PUCCH has the same activation / deactivation characteristics as the primary serving cell, the PUCCH included in the active / The bit indicating whether to activate / deactivate can be ignored by the terminal.

Meanwhile, the indexes of the serving cells provided to the UE by the BSs that are connected to each other can be allocated independently of each other. For example, the index of the main serving cell provided by the master base station may be '0', and the index of the secondary serving cell may be the value of '1' to '7'. Meanwhile, when the terminal is connected to a plurality of base stations through an index of a secondary serving cell provided by a secondary base station and configured with a PUCCH, the terminal may be activated / deactivated from the master base station through a main serving cell or a secondary serving cell provided by the master base station It is possible to receive a MAC CE message. In this case, the MAC scheduler of the secondary base station can inform the master base station of information on activation / deactivation of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station, as shown in FIG. At this time, the secondary base station transmits the activation / deactivation information for the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station to the master base station via the MAC CE message or transmits the activation / deactivation information for the secondary serving base station to the master base station through the message format determined by the X2 or Xn interface And transmits activation / deactivation information for the serving cells to the master base station.

The master base station may combine the information received from the secondary base station with the activation / deactivation information for the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station, configure the final MAC CE message, and transmit the final MAC CE message to the terminal .

Meanwhile, when the master base station transmits an active / inactive MAC CE message for the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station to the mobile station, the master base station activates and deactivates the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station / You can also check whether the inactivation is changed.

In addition, the master base station may be aware of the expiration of a deactivation timer for the serving cells provided by the secondary base station. For example, the master base station can recognize the expiration time of the inactivation timer for the serving cells provided by the secondary base station by synchronizing the operation of the inactivation timer for the serving cells provided by the secondary base station with the terminal have. Therefore, the master base transmits the dual connection configuration information to the corresponding terminal through the RRC message. Upon receiving the dual connection configuration information through the RRC message, the terminal establishes a dual connection with the master base station and the secondary base station base station based on the received dual connection configuration information (S1710). In this case, the RRC message may include information on the sTAG comprised of the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station or information on which base station provides which secondary serving cell, and the terminal transmits the RRC Based on the information included in the message, it can be determined which sub-serving cell is provided by which base station.

When the dual connection is established, the UE sets an optional application mode for selectively applying the activation / deactivation information for the serving cells included in the first activation / deactivation MAC CE message and the second activation / deactivation MAC CE message (S1720).

After receiving the activation / deactivation MAC CE message from the BSs (S1730), the MS determines whether each of the secondary serving cells, which are configured in the UE based on the information included in the RRC message, . Then, only the activation / deactivation information for the secondary serving cell provided by the master base station in the first activation / deactivation MAC CE message is selectively applied and ignored, and the second activation / deactivation MAC CE message Only the activation / deactivation information for the secondary serving cell provided by the secondary base station is applied as selective application and the rest is ignored (S1740).

18 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 18, if there is a terminal capable of dual connection, the base station constructs dual connection configuration information for the terminal and transmits the configuration information to the terminal (S1810). Here, the base station may be a master base station. The dual connection configuration information may be transmitted to the UE through an RRC message, and the RRC message may include information on the sTAG consisting of the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station or information on which sub-serving cell is provided by which base station Lt; / RTI >

Meanwhile, the BS determines whether to activate / deactivate the secondary serving cells provided by the BS (S1820), and configures an active / inactive MAC CE to instruct activation and deactivation of each of the secondary serving cells S1830). Then, a message including the configured active / inactive MAC CE is transmitted to the corresponding MS (S1840).

After receiving the message including the activation / deactivation MAC CE, the UE determines which of the secondary serving cells is a secondary serving cell provided by the BS based on the information received through the RRC message, Accordingly, only the information on the secondary serving cell provided by the base station that has transmitted the message can be selectively applied among the information on the activation / deactivation indicator of the secondary serving cells included in the message.

19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 19, if there is a terminal capable of dual connection, the master base station constructs dual connection configuration information for the terminal and transmits the configuration information to the terminal (S1910).

Then, the master base station determines whether to activate / deactivate the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station (S1920), and determines whether to activate / deactivate the secondary serving cells provided from the secondary base station (S1930) and configures the activation / deactivation MAC CE on the basis of these (S1930). Then, a message including the configured active / inactive MAC CE is transmitted to the corresponding terminal (S1950). Here, the MAC scheduler of the secondary base station can transmit information on activation / deactivation of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station to the master base station when the status of the secondary serving cells is changed. In addition, when the master base station transmits an activation / deactivation MAC CE message for the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station to the terminal, the activation / deactivation change for the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station You can also check if it is.

Activation / deactivation information of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station may be transmitted to the master base station in the form of a MAC CE message or may be transmitted to the master base station in the form of a message determined in the X2 or Xn interface.

In addition, the master base station can recognize the expiration time of the inactivation timer for the serving cells provided by the secondary base station by synchronizing the operation of the inactivation timer for the serving cells provided by the secondary base station with the terminal. In this case, if any secondary serving cell provided by the secondary base station transitions to the inactive state due to the expiration of the inactivation timer, the master base station sets the activation information for the secondary serving cell to ' 0 ', so that the UE can deactivate the corresponding serving cell. Meanwhile, if the secondary base station changes the value of the inactivation timer for each of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station, the secondary base station may transmit the changed inactivity timer value to the master base station.

20 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a secondary base station transmitting activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The secondary base station having a dual connection with the master base station determines whether to activate / deactivate the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station (S2010), and thus activates / deactivates the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station. And transmits the deactivation information to the master base station (S2020). At this time, the MAC scheduler of the secondary base station determines whether the activation / deactivation state of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station is changed or the activation / deactivation state of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station And transmits activation / deactivation information of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station to the master base station when receiving the confirmation request for the change. Here, the activation / deactivation information of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station may be transmitted to the master BS in the form of a MAC CE message or a message determined by the X2 or Xn interface.

Meanwhile, the inactivation timer for the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station can be operated in synchronization with the terminal so that the master base station can recognize the expiration time of the inactivation timer for the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station And the secondary base station can transmit the changed inactivity timer value to the master base station when the value of the inactivation timer for each of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station is changed.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an example of an apparatus for transmitting / receiving an activation / deactivation information for a secondary serving cell and a receiving apparatus according to the present invention.

The activation / deactivation information transmission apparatus 2110 for the secondary serving cells according to the present invention may be part of the base station or the base station, and the activation / deactivation information receiving apparatus 2120 for the secondary serving cells may be a terminal have. 21, the activation / deactivation information transmission apparatus 2110 for the secondary serving cells includes a determination unit 2111 and a transmission unit 2112, and the activation / deactivation information reception apparatus for the secondary serving cells 2120 includes a receiving unit 2121, a determining unit 2122, and an applying unit 2123. [ Hereinafter, the case where the activation / deactivation information transmitting apparatus 2110 for the secondary serving cells is the base station and the activation / deactivation information receiving apparatus 2120 for the secondary serving cells is the terminal will be described as an example.

The determination unit 2111 of the base station 2110 determines whether to activate / deactivate the secondary serving cells provided by the base station 2110.

The transmitting unit 2112 configures an active / inactive MAC CE instructing activation and deactivation of each of the secondary serving cells according to the determination of the determination unit 2111, and transmits a message including the configured active / 2120). The transmitting unit 2112 can transmit information on the sTAG composed of the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station or information on the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured in the terminal 2120 to the terminal 2120 .

In this case, when the base station 2110 is a master base station and a dual connection is established with a secondary base station and a single terminal 2120, the master base station transmits activation (activation) of the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station / Deactivation information can be received. In this case, the transmitter 2112 can generate an activation / deactivation MAC CE message based on the determination result of the determination unit 2111 and the information received from the secondary base station, and then transmit the generated activation / deactivation MAC CE message to the terminal 2120. However, when the base station 2110 is a secondary base station and a dual connection is established with the master base station and one terminal 2120, the transmitting unit 2112 transmits the secondary serving cells provided by the secondary base station to the master base station Activation / deactivation information can be transmitted.

The receiving unit 2121 of the UE 2120 receives information on the active / inactive MAC CE message, information on the sTAG composed of the secondary serving cells provided by the master BS, information on the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured in the UE 2120, At least one of which may be received from the base station 2110. The receiving unit 2121 can receive information on the sTAG composed of the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station and information on the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured in the UE 2120 through the RRC message.

When the receiving unit 2121 receives the information on the sTAG composed of the secondary serving cells provided by the master base station or the information on the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured in the terminal 2120, It is determined which of the serving sub-cells is configured by the base station.

The application unit 2123 receives information on the activation / deactivation indicator of the secondary serving cells included in the active / inactive MAC CE message according to the determination result of the determination unit 2122, Only information about the cell is selectively applied.

In the above-described exemplary system, the methods are described on the basis of a flowchart as a series of steps or blocks, but the present invention is not limited to the order of the steps, and some steps may occur in different orders . It will also be understood by those skilled in the art that the steps shown in the flowchart are not exclusive and that other steps may be included or that one or more steps in the flowchart may be deleted without affecting the scope of the invention.

The above-described embodiments include examples of various aspects. While it is not possible to describe every possible combination for expressing various aspects, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that other combinations are possible. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention include all alternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the scope of the following claims.

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A terminal supporting dual connection with a first node and a second node in a wireless communication system,
(SCell) of a first sub-serving cell group configured in the UE from the first node and first information including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell A second information including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell (SCell) of the secondary cell; And
Activating or deactivating the state of the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group according to the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell of the first secondary serving cell group identified from the first information received from the first node, To be inactivated,
Activating or deactivating the status of the secondary serving cell of the second subserving cell group according to the activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell of the second secondary serving cell group identified from the second information received from the second node, A terminal supporting a dual connection that includes a processor that is controlled to be inactive. The method according to claim 1,
The processor
And a second node connected to the first node and the second node through a radio resource control (RRC) to form a dual connection. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first node is a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) and the second node is a secondary evolved NodeB (SeNB). The method of claim 3,
The receiver
Receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal including information on a secondary serving cell configuration for a first node and a secondary serving cell configuration for a second node from the MeNB,
The processor
Wherein the second node identifies information about a secondary serving cell configuration for the first node and information about a secondary serving cell configuration for the second node. 5. The method of claim 4,
The processor
Using the RRC signal received from the MeNB, identifies a secondary serving cell that is associated with the MeNB and constitutes the first secondary serving cell group, or a secondary serving cell that is associated with the SeNB and constitutes the second secondary serving cell group A terminal that supports dual connections. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the receiver comprises a radio resource control (RRC) control unit that includes a first deactivation timer value for the first node and a second deactivation timer value for the second node for controlling activation or deactivation of a secondary serving cell from the MeNB, Signal,
Wherein the first deactivation timer value and the second deactivation timer value support a dual connection having different integer values. The method according to claim 1,
The first information includes a medium access control (CE) control element (CE) having a size of 8 bits,
Wherein the second information includes a MAC CE having a size of 8 bits,
Wherein the MAC CE receiving from the first node and the MAC CE receiving from the second node each have one reserved bit and seven configurable bits, and each of the configurable seven bits is allocated to an index of a secondary serving cell Respectively,
One bit for a secondary serving cell in the MAC CE received from the first node corresponds to an activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell in the first node,
Wherein one bit for a secondary serving cell that is index j in the MAC CE received from the second node corresponds to an activation / deactivation indicator for the secondary serving cell in the second node,
Wherein i and j are values in the range of 1 to 7, and the terminal supporting dual connection having different values. 8. The method of claim 7,
The processor
Identifying a bit corresponding to a secondary serving cell associated with the first node from a MAC CE received from the first node using a first MAC scheduler,
A terminal supporting a dual connection that identifies a bit corresponding to a secondary serving cell associated with the second node from a MAC CE received from the second node using a second MAC scheduler. In a terminal supporting dual connection in a wireless communication system,
A secondary MAC (control element) CE and a secondary evolved NodeB (SeNB) including an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB from a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) A receiver for receiving a second MAC CE including an enable / disable indicator for the cell; And
Identifying an activation / deactivation indicator corresponding to an index of the secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB in the first MAC CE, and identifying an activation / deactivation indicator corresponding to the secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB based on the first MAC CE received from the MeNB Control activation / deactivation,
Identifying an activation / deactivation indicator corresponding to an index of the secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB in the second MAC CE, and identifying an activation / deactivation indicator corresponding to the secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB based on the second MAC CE received from the SeNB, A terminal that supports dual connections that includes a processor that controls activation / deactivation. 10. The method of claim 9,
The processor
A terminal supporting the dual connection to configure the MeNB and the SeNB and the RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection for the dual connection. 10. The method of claim 9,
The receiver receives the secondary serving cell configuration information of the MeNB from the MeNB and further receives the secondary serving cell configuration information of the SeNB from the SeNB,
Wherein the secondary serving cell configuration information of the MeNB and the secondary serving cell configuration information of the SeNB are transmitted through an RRC (Radio Resource Control) message from the MeNB. 10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising receiving from the MeNB an inactivation timer value for a secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB and an inactivity timer value for the SeNB,
Wherein the deactivation timer value for the secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB and the deactivation timer value for the SeNB support a dual connection having different values. 10. The method of claim 9,
The processor
Identifying a secondary serving cell configured for the MeNB using the MAC scheduler of the MeNB,
Wherein the SeNB supports a dual connection using a MAC scheduler of the SeNB to identify a secondary serving cell configured for the SeNB. 10. The method of claim 9,
The MAC CEs received from the MeNB and the MAC CEs received from the SeNB are 8 bits in size, each of which includes 1 bit and 7 configurable bits,
Each configurable bit of 7 bits corresponds to an index of a secondary serving cell,
Wherein the secondary serving cell index i corresponding to the secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB and the secondary serving cell index j corresponding to the secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB are different integers. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein a secondary serving cell associated with the MeNB is included in a first serving cell group (SCG), and a secondary serving cell associated with the SeNB is included in a second serving cell group (SCG). 15. The method of claim 14,
A configurable bit included in the MAC CE received from the MeNB and corresponding to an index i of the secondary serving cell represents an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell having an index i,
A configurable bit included in the MAC CE received from the SeNB and corresponding to an index j of the secondary serving cell represents an activation / deactivation indicator for a secondary serving cell having an index j,
Wherein the processor is configured to receive from the SeNB a MAC CE and to determine whether the sub-serving cell index i is included in the MAC CE received from the MeNB, A terminal supporting a dual connection that ignores one corresponding configurable bit.

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