Scell Radio Link Monitoring and Radio Link Failure Handling

摘要

A method of radio link monitoring (RLM) and radio link failure (RLF) handling over a secondary serving cell (SCELL) is proposed. In a wireless network, a user equipment (UE) establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a base station (eNB). The UE applies carrier aggregation for multiple component carriers (CCs) configured as multiple serving cells. The UE performs radio link monitoring over a primary serving cell (PCELL). The UE also performs radio link monitoring over a secondary serving cell (SCELL). The SCELL belongs to a CC group of one or more CCs, and used as a reference cell for the CC group. When SCELL performance is below pre-defined criteria, the UE and the eNB apply certain actions over the SCELL. The proposed SCELL RLM/RLF handling prevents spurious and uncontrollable uplink SCELL transmission and interference to other UEs.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection by a user equipment (UE) with a base station, where the UE applies carrier aggregation for multiple component carriers (CCs); performing radio link monitoring by the UE over a primary serving cell (PCELL), wherein the PCELL belongs to a first CC group of one or more CCs; selecting a secondary serving cell (SCELL) as a reference cell, wherein the SCELL belongs to a second CC group of one or more CCs; performing radio link monitoring by the UE over the selected reference SCELL; and applying an action when the SCELL performance is below a pre-defined criteria, wherein the action is applied over the reference SCELL.