CN117859306A

CN117859306A - Method, device and storage medium for determining activation or deactivation of secondary cell

Info

Publication number: CN117859306A
Application number: CN202280003113.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 熊艺; 吴昱民
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-09
Filing date: 2022-08-09
Publication date: 2024-04-09
Also published as: WO2024031400A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, which is applied to a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group; wherein the predetermined operation is activating or deactivating the cell group. Here, when the cell group is activated or deactivated, it is determined to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group, so that the activation or deactivation of the secondary cell of the cell group can be correspondingly performed, which can make the terminal more efficient and reliable in wireless communication based on the secondary cell, compared with a case where whether the secondary cell of the cell group cannot be explicitly activated or not.

Description

Method, device and storage medium for determining activation or deactivation of secondary cell

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, but not limited to, a method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

Background

In a dual connectivity (DC, dual Connectivity) scenario, a terminal can access two cell groups, a primary cell group (MCG, master Cell Group) and a secondary cell group (SCG, secondary Cell Group), respectively. There may be a number of cells in the MCG, one of which serves as a Cell for initiating initial access, this Cell being referred to as a Primary Cell. The PCell under MCG and the secondary cell (Scell Secondary Cell) under MCG are joined together by carrier aggregation (CA, carrier Aggregation). The main cell in the MCG is PCell, and the auxiliary cell is SCell; the primary and secondary cells in the SCG are (PSCell, primary Secondary Cell), and the secondary cells are scells. In the related art, the state of the secondary cell is not clear in different scenarios, which is a problem to be considered.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method, a device, communication equipment and a storage medium for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, applied to a terminal, wherein the method includes:

determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group;

wherein the predetermined operation is activating or deactivating the cell group.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group includes at least one of:

determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of the cell group in response to the predetermined operation being to activate the cell group;

in response to the predetermined operation to deactivate the cell group, determining to deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group includes:

and determining to activate or deactivate the auxiliary cell according to the auxiliary cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

And receiving the auxiliary cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, the receiving the secondary cell status indication information includes:

receiving reference information sent by a network side;

wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the reference information.

In one embodiment, the receiving the reference information sent by the network side includes:

and receiving first information sent by a network side, wherein the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell.

receiving second information carrying cell group activation indication information sent by a network side;

or,

and receiving third information carrying cell group activation condition information sent by the network side.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the secondary cell status indication information includes at least one of:

determining to activate the secondary cell in response to the secondary cell status indication information included in the first information, the second information, or the third information;

and determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell in response to an indication value of the secondary cell state indication information included in the first information, the second information or the third information.

In one embodiment, determining to deactivate the secondary cell in response to the secondary cell status indication information not being included in predetermined information, wherein the predetermined information includes at least one of:

the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell;

the second information is information carrying cell group activation indication information;

and the third information is information carrying cell group activation condition information. In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group includes:

and determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated includes at least one of the following:

determining to activate the secondary cell in response to the state of the secondary cell before deactivation of the cell group being an active state;

and determining to deactivate the secondary cell in response to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated being a deactivation state.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

in response to the cell group update, a secondary cell of the updated cell group is determined to be activated or deactivated based on the state of the secondary cell of the pre-update cell group.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the updated cell group based on the state of the secondary cell of the pre-update cell group includes at least one of:

determining all secondary cells in the cell group after the updating is activated in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before the updating being the activation state;

determining to activate part of the secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of part of the secondary cells in the cell group before updating being the activation state;

and determining to deactivate all secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before updating being a deactivation state.

according to the protocol specification, it is determined to activate or deactivate the secondary cell.

In one embodiment of the present invention, in one embodiment,

in response to activating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to an active state;

or,

in response to deactivating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to a deactivated state.

In one embodiment, the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell includes:

determining to deactivate a secondary cell in response to activating a cell group unless secondary cell status indication information of the secondary cell is set to active;

Or alternatively;

in response to activating the cell group and configuring the secondary cell state indication information, setting the secondary cell state to a state indicated by the secondary cell state indication information;

or,

in response to activating a cell group and not configuring secondary cell status indication information, determining to deactivate the secondary cell.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, applied to a network side device, where the method includes:

transmitting secondary cell status indication information to the terminal, wherein,

the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

In one embodiment, sending secondary cell status indication information to a terminal includes:

the reference information is transmitted to the terminal and,

wherein the reference information includes secondary cell status indication information.

In one embodiment, the sending the reference information to the terminal includes:

sending first information to the terminal;

wherein the first information is configuration information of the secondary cell.

sending second information carrying cell group activation indication information to the terminal;

Or,

and sending third information carrying cell group activation condition information to the terminal.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, the apparatus comprising:

a determination module configured to: determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group; wherein the predetermined operation includes activating or deactivating the cell group.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitting module configured to transmit secondary cell status indication information to the terminal, wherein,

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: for executing the executable instructions, implementing the methods described in any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium storing a computer executable program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to a predetermined operation for a cell group, determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group; wherein the predetermined operation is activating or deactivating the cell group. Here, when the cell group is activated or deactivated, it is determined to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group, so that the activation or deactivation of the secondary cell of the cell group can be correspondingly performed, which can make the terminal more efficient and reliable in wireless communication based on the secondary cell, compared with a case where whether the secondary cell of the cell group cannot be explicitly activated or not.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a block diagram of a base station, according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure of embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "responsive to a determination", depending on the context.

For purposes of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" or "less than" are used herein in characterizing a size relationship. But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that: the term "greater than" also encompasses the meaning of "greater than or equal to," less than "also encompasses the meaning of" less than or equal to.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user equipments 110 and a number of base stations 120.

User device 110 may be, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), and the user equipment 110 may be an internet of things user equipment such as sensor devices, mobile phones and computers with internet of things user equipment, for example, stationary, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted devices. Such as a Station (STA), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber Station (subscriber Station), mobile Station (mobile), remote Station (remote Station), access point, remote user equipment (remote terminal), access user equipment (access terminal), user device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user device (user device), or user equipment (user request). Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a laptop with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device with an external laptop. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein the wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication,4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system may be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, new Generation radio access network).

The base station 120 may be an evolved node b (eNB) employed in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) in a 5G system that employs a centralized and distributed architecture. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized and distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a medium access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer is provided in the centralized unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is provided in the distribution unit, and the specific implementation of the base station 120 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

A wireless connection may be established between the base station 120 and the user equipment 110 over a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard-based wireless air interface; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G-based technology standard of a next generation mobile communication network.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between the user devices 110. Such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure, vehicle-to-road side equipment) communications, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian, vehicle-to-person) communications among internet of vehicles communications (vehicle to everything, V2X).

Here, the above-described user equipment can be regarded as the terminal equipment of the following embodiment.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system described above may also include a network management device 130.

Several base stations 120 are respectively connected to a network management device 130. Among them, the network management device 130 may be an access and mobility management function (AMF, access and Mobility Management Function), a session management function (SMF, session Management Function), a user plane function (UPF, user Plane Function), a policy control function (PCF, policy Control Function), a network storage function (NRF, network Repository Function), and the like. The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the implementation form of the network management device 130.

For ease of understanding by those skilled in the art, the embodiments of the present disclosure enumerate a plurality of implementations to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various embodiments provided in the embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented separately, may be implemented in combination with the methods of other embodiments of the disclosure, and may be implemented separately or in combination with some methods of other related technologies; the embodiments of the present disclosure are not so limited.

In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, an application scenario in the related art is described:

in one embodiment, the cell group may be selectively activated. The cell group selective activation configuration may include at least one of: configuration identification ID, activation conditions and configuration of cell group/cell to be activated.

In selective activation of a cell group, the network side may provide the terminal with a "cell group to be activated". The "cell group to be activated" may be subsequently activated or deactivated without re-provisioning the configuration of the cell group.

In one embodiment, in cell group selective activation, after activating a new cell group configuration, the terminal does not delete the corresponding cell group selective activated configuration.

In one embodiment, in selective activation of a cell group, the network device may provide the terminal device with a preconfigured candidate target cell group or target cell. The subsequent terminal device may activate or deactivate the preconfigured candidate cell set or cell according to the configuration (e.g., activation message) issued by the network device or the corresponding activation event without having to re-provide the configuration of the cell set. Or it may be understood that in the selective activation of a cell group, a new cell or cell group is activated, or after the new cell configuration or cell group configuration is applied or after the new cell or cell group is accessed, the terminal device will not delete the configuration information of the selective activation of the corresponding cell group.

In one embodiment, the selective activation of a cell group (selective activation of cell groups), which may also be referred to as cell group activation. Cell group activation may enable the cell group or cell change, with corresponding configuration information still being able to be performed without requiring the network to reconfigure or reinitialize the configuration information for the corresponding cell group activation. Thus, cell group activation may reduce signaling overhead and interrupt duration for cell group changes. The configuration information for cell group activation may include: configuration ID and configuration of target cell or configuration of target cell group. Optionally, the configuration information of cell group activation may also include trigger conditions (which may also be referred to as execution conditions, activation conditions).

In one embodiment, the cell group activation is a mobility management procedure, including any mobility management procedure in which a terminal device activates or deactivates a corresponding cell or cell group according to signaling sent by a network or criteria specified by a protocol, or in an autonomous mode or the like by configuring cell group activation configuration, or after applying the corresponding cell configuration or cell group configuration, or accessing a cell or cell group.

In one embodiment, cell group activation is a mobility management procedure, including any mobility management procedure that does not delete or release a corresponding part or all of the configuration information after performing the mobility procedure. Wherein not deleting or releasing the corresponding partial or complete configuration information may also be referred to as retaining the corresponding partial or complete configuration information.

In the present disclosure, a cell group is one or more of a primary cell group (MCG) and a Secondary Cell Group (SCG). Wherein the MCG includes one or more of Primary cells (PCell) and Secondary cells (SCell). Wherein the SCG comprises one or more of primary and secondary cells (Primary Secondary Cell, PSCell), secondary cells (scells).

In the present disclosure, cell group selective activation may include cell selective activation or cell activation, e.g., one or more of PCell activation, PSCell activation, SCell activation.

In one embodiment, the already configured SCell may be activated or deactivated by a media access Control Element (MAC CE).

In one embodiment, whether to activate or deactivate SCell may also be determined according to the value of sCellState parameter configured by the network through radio resource control (RRC, radio Resource Control) signaling when SCell configuration is performed. When this parameter is configured to be activated, this SCell is activated, otherwise, this SCell is deactivated. sCellState for each configured SCell is configured, and if configured, the associated SCell is activated at SCell configuration.

In one embodiment, SCG activation and deactivation is introduced, and when the SCG is deactivated, all scells of the terminal configured SCG are also deactivated.

In one embodiment, to achieve reasonable terminal battery consumption when configuring (NG) EN-DC or NR-DC, while using SCGs quickly, an activation or deactivation mechanism of SCGs is supported. When the SCG is deactivated, no transmission is made over the SCG radio link layer control protocol (RLC, radio Link Control) bearer. Only the New air interface (NR) SCG may be deactivated and all SCG scells are in deactivated state, while SCGs are deactivated.

In one embodiment, the network may deactivate or activate SCG through RRC messages.

As shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

step 21, determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group;

In some possible implementations, in response to activating a cell group, it is determined to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group.

In some possible implementations, in response to deactivating a cell group, it is determined to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group. Terminals according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be, but are not limited to, mobile phones, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted terminals, road Side Units (RSUs), smart home terminals, industrial sensing devices, and/or medical devices, etc. In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a predetermined version of a new air-interface NR terminal (e.g., an NR terminal of R17).

The network (side) device to which the present disclosure relates may be a base station. The base station may be various types of base stations, such as a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the cell group may be a primary cell group and/or a secondary cell group.

In one embodiment, in response to activating the cell group, an activation or secondary cell of the cell group is determined. In response to activating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to an active state.

In one embodiment, in response to deactivating the group of cells, a determination is made to deactivate secondary cells of the group of cells. In response to deactivating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to a deactivated state.

In one embodiment, in response to activating the cell group, it is determined to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group according to secondary cell status indication information.

In one embodiment, the secondary cell status indication information is received. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, receiving reference information sent by a network side; wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the reference information. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the reference information.

In one embodiment, when a terminal triggers cell group (MCG or SCG) activation, it is determined to activate or deactivate the SCell according to configured SCell status indication information.

In one embodiment, the reference information is first information. The terminal receives first information sent by a network side; wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the first information; the first information is configuration information of the secondary cell. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the first information.

Illustratively, if the secondary cell status indication information is included in the configuration information of the secondary cells of the cell group, it is determined to activate the secondary cells. That is, if the secondary cell status indication information is configured when configuring the secondary cell, the secondary cell is activated.

Illustratively, if the secondary cell status indication information is not included in the configuration information of the secondary cells of the cell group, determining to deactivate the secondary cells. That is, if the secondary cell status indication information is not configured when the secondary cell is configured, the secondary cell is activated.

Illustratively, whether to activate the secondary cell is determined according to an indication value of secondary cell state indication information included in configuration information of secondary cells of a cell group (i.e., according to an indication value of configured secondary cell state indication information when configuring the secondary cell), and if the indication value indicates "activation", the secondary cell is activated; and/or if the indication value indicates "deactivation", deactivating the secondary cell.

In one embodiment, the secondary cell status indication information is sCellState.

In one embodiment, when MCG or SCG is activated, the SCell is deactivated unless the upper layer sets the secondary cell status indication information parameter to active for the SCell.

In one embodiment, if the MAC entity configures one or more SCells, the network may activate or deactivate the configured SCells. When the SCell or SCG is configured to activate, the SCell will be deactivated unless the upper layer sets the parameter secondary cell status indication information to active for the SCell.

It should be noted that the upper layer may be a protocol layer above a MAC layer of the protocol layer, for example, any one or more of an RRC layer, an RLC layer, and a PDCP layer.

In one embodiment, when the MCG or SCG is activated, if the secondary cell state indication information is configured, the state of the corresponding SCell is set according to the indication of the secondary cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, the configuration information of the SCell is ScellConfig.

In one embodiment, the reference information is second information. And the terminal receives second information carrying cell group activation indication information sent by the network side, wherein the auxiliary cell state indication information is included in the second information. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the second information.

Illustratively, if the second information includes the secondary cell status indication information, it is determined to activate the secondary cell.

Illustratively, determining whether to activate the secondary cell according to an indication value of secondary cell state indication information included in the second information, and if the indication value indicates "activation", activating the secondary cell; and/or if the indication value indicates "deactivation", deactivating the secondary cell.

In one embodiment, the reference information is third information. And the terminal receives third information carrying cell group activation condition information sent by the network side, wherein the auxiliary cell state indication information is included in the third information. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the third information.

Illustratively, if the third information includes the secondary cell status indication information, it is determined to activate the secondary cell.

Illustratively, determining whether to activate the secondary cell according to an indication value of secondary cell state indication information included in the third information, and if the indication value indicates "activation", activating the secondary cell; and/or if the indication value indicates "deactivation", deactivating the secondary cell.

the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell;

and the third information is information carrying cell group activation condition information.

Illustratively, if the first information does not include the secondary cell status indication information, it is determined to deactivate the secondary cell.

Illustratively, if the second information does not include the secondary cell status indication information, determining to deactivate the secondary cell.

Illustratively, if the third information does not include the secondary cell status indication information, determining to deactivate the secondary cell.

In one embodiment, when determining that the cell group is activated according to the indication information of the network side, the state of the SCell is determined according to the SCell state indication information configured by the network side.

In one embodiment, for the method of determining the activated or deactivated cell group according to the activation or deactivation information issued by the network side, the network side sends activation or deactivation indication information and also sends SCell status indication information, and the UE determines the state of the SCell according to the SCell status indication information.

In one embodiment, the SCell status indication information indicates activation, the SCell is activated, otherwise deactivated.

In one embodiment, the SCell status indication information indicates deactivation, the SCell being deactivated, otherwise activated.

In one embodiment, the SCell status indication information is configured, the SCell is deactivated, otherwise activated.

In one embodiment, for a method of activating or deactivating a cell group according to an event trigger, SCell status indication information may be configured upon configuring a trigger event.

In one embodiment, reference information sent by a network side is received, wherein the reference information includes first information, second information and third information. And determining to activate the secondary cell in response to activating the cell group and including the secondary cell state indication information in the first information, the second information or the third information.

In one embodiment, reference information sent by a network side is received, wherein the reference information includes first information, second information and third information. And determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell in response to an indication value of the secondary cell state indication information included in the first information, the second information or the third information, which activates the cell group.

In one embodiment, in response to activating the cell group, activating or deactivating a secondary cell is determined based on a state of the secondary cell prior to deactivation of the cell group.

It should be noted that, if the cell group is activated for the first time, it is determined to activate or deactivate the secondary cell based on the secondary cell state information in the above embodiment.

In one embodiment, the secondary cell is determined to be activated in response to the cell group being activated and the state of the secondary cell prior to the cell group being deactivated being an activated state.

In one embodiment, deactivating the secondary cell is determined in response to activating the cell group and the state of the secondary cell prior to deactivation of the cell group being a deactivated state.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers a cell group (MCG or SCG) activation, the state of the cell group's SCell when activated is determined from the state of the cell group's SCell prior to deactivation of the cell group.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers MCG or SCG activation, if an SCell of the MCG or SCG is active before deactivation, the SCell is active when the MCG or SCG is activated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers MCG or SCG activation, if an SCell of the MCG or SCG is deactivated prior to deactivation, the SCell is deactivated when the MCG or SCG is activated.

In one embodiment, if this MCG or SCG is initially activated, the state of the respective SCell is determined based on the indication of the SCell state indication information.

In one embodiment, in response to a cell group update, a secondary cell of the updated cell group is determined to be activated or deactivated based on the state of the secondary cell of the pre-update cell group.

In one embodiment, in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before update being active, determining to activate all secondary cells in the cell group after update; or, determining to activate a part of secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of the part of secondary cells in the cell group before updating being the activation state; or determining to deactivate all secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before updating being the deactivated state.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers a cell group (MCG or SCG) update (e.g., from active cell group 1 to active cell group 2), the state of the SCell of the current cell group is determined from the state of the SCell of the original cell group.

In one embodiment, if all or part of the scells of the original cell group are active when they are active, all or part of the scells of the current cell group are also active, wherein for activating part of the scells, the scells that may be specifically active are determined by the UE based on implementation or network configuration.

In one embodiment, if all scells of the original cell group are deactivated when activated, all scells of the current cell group are also deactivated.

It should be noted that, for the scenario of activating a part of secondary cells, the terminal may determine an activated secondary cell or a deactivated secondary cell based on implementation or network configuration.

In one embodiment, in response to activating the set of cells, it is determined to activate or deactivate secondary cells according to protocol specifications.

In one embodiment, the secondary cell of the cell group is activated in response to a protocol specification indicating that the secondary cell of the cell group is activated.

In one embodiment, the secondary cell of the cell group is deactivated in response to the protocol specification indicating that the secondary cell of the cell group is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers cell group activation, the SCell of this cell group is deactivated or activated

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers SCG activation, the SCell of this SCG is deactivated or activated.

For example, when the UE receives that the message sent by the network side includes the indication information for activating the SCG, the SCell of the SCG is activated.

For example, when the UE receives that the message sent by the network side includes the indication information for activating the SCG, the SCell of the SCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers MCG activation, the SCell of this MCG is deactivated or activated.

In one embodiment, when the UE triggers activation of a new MCG or SCG, the SCell of the new MCG or SCG is deactivated or activated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers cell group deactivation, the SCell for this cell group is deactivated

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers SCG deactivation, the SCell of this SCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers MCG deactivation, the SCell of this MCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when the UE triggers activation of a new MCG or SCG, the SCell of the original MCG or SCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, in response to activating a cell group, it is determined to deactivate a secondary cell unless secondary cell status indication information of the secondary cell is set to active.

In one embodiment, in response to activating the cell group and configuring the secondary cell state indication information, the secondary cell state is set to a state indicated by the secondary cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, it is determined to deactivate the secondary cell in response to activating a cell group and not configuring secondary cell status indication information.

In one embodiment, in response to an SCell being active, the UE activates this SCell.

In one embodiment, in response to an SCell being deactivated, the UE deactivates the SCell.

In one embodiment, the UE activates an SCell of a corresponding cell in response to the SCell being active and before triggering activation or deactivation of the cell group, the SCell is deactivated.

In one embodiment, the UE deactivates the SCell in response to the SCell being deactivated and before triggering cell group activation or deactivation, the SCell of the corresponding cell is activated.

In one embodiment, the active/inactive cell group is determined according to indication information of active or inactive cell groups issued by the network side.

The terminal receives the indication information of the cell group to be deactivated sent by the network side, and indicates that the cell group is in a deactivation state, and then the cell group is deactivated;

Illustratively, if the terminal does not include the indication information for deactivating the cell group in the message received at the network side, and the cell group is deactivated before the message is received, the cell group is activated.

Illustratively, if the terminal receives a cell group that is indicated to be activated in a message sent by the network side, and the cell group is deactivated before receiving the message, the cell group is activated.

Illustratively, if the terminal receives a message sent by the network side indicating that a cell group (e.g., SCG 1) needs to be activated, and there is another cell group (e.g., SCG 2) activated before receiving this message, the other cell group (e.g., SCG 2) is deactivated, and this cell group (e.g., SCG 1) is activated.

In one embodiment, the terminal activates/deactivates the cell group based on an event trigger.

Illustratively, when a terminal satisfies a network configured or protocol specified condition for activating or deactivating a certain cell group, this cell group is correspondingly activated/deactivated.

Illustratively, when a terminal satisfies a network configured or protocol specified condition to activate a certain cell group (e.g., SCG 1) and there are other cell groups activated (e.g., SCG 2) before the condition is satisfied, then the other cell groups are deactivated (e.g., SCG 2), and this cell group is activated (e.g., SCG 1).

It should be noted that, as those skilled in the art may understand, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

step 31, responding to a preset operation as an activated cell group, and determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group; alternatively, a secondary cell that deactivates the cell group is determined in response to a predetermined operation that either activates or deactivates the cell group.

In one embodiment, in response to activating a cell group, a secondary cell of the cell group is determined to be activated or deactivated according to the cell status indication information.

In one embodiment, when a terminal triggers SCG deactivation, the SCell of this SCG is deactivated. For example, when the terminal receives that the message sent by the network side includes the deactivation indication information, the SCell of the SCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when a terminal triggers MCG deactivation, the SCell of this MCG is deactivated.

In one embodiment, when the terminal triggers activation of a new MCG or SCG, the SCell of the original MCG or SCG is deactivated.

As shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

and step 41, determining the secondary cells of the activated or deactivated cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information.

In one embodiment, the reference information is first information. Receiving first information sent by a network side; wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the first information; the first information is configuration information of the secondary cell. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the first information.

In one embodiment, the reference information is second information. And receiving second information carrying cell group activation indication information sent by a network side, wherein the auxiliary cell state indication information is included in the second information. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the second information.

In one embodiment, the reference information is third information. And receiving third information carrying cell group activation condition information sent by a network side, wherein the auxiliary cell state indication information is included in the third information. And in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group according to the secondary cell state indication information included in the third information.

It should be noted that, in response to the fact that the auxiliary cell state indication information is not included in the predetermined information, determining to deactivate the auxiliary cell, wherein the predetermined information includes at least one of the following:

The first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell;

As shown in fig. 5, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

step 51, receiving auxiliary cell state indication information;

and step 52, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the secondary cell state indication information.

This part of the description is specifically described with reference to step 41, and will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

Step 61, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated.

As shown in fig. 7, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

step 71, in response to the cell group update, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the updated cell group based on the state of the secondary cell of the cell group before the update.

As shown in fig. 8, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

Step 81, in response to activating the cell group, determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the protocol specification.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers cell group activation, the SCell for this cell group is deactivated or activated.

In one embodiment, when a UE triggers a cell group deactivation, the SCell for this cell group is deactivated.

As shown in fig. 9, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, and is applied to a terminal, where the method includes:

step 91, in response to the activated cell group, determining to deactivate the secondary cell unless the secondary cell status indication information of the secondary cell is set to active; or alternatively; in response to activating the cell group and configuring the secondary cell state indication information, setting the secondary cell state to a state indicated by the secondary cell state indication information; alternatively, in response to activating a cell group and not configuring secondary cell status indication information, it is determined to deactivate the secondary cell.

This part of the description is specifically described with reference to step 21, and will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 10, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, which is applied to a network side device, where the method includes:

step 101, sending auxiliary cell state indication information to a terminal,

the auxiliary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate the auxiliary cell.

Terminals according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be, but are not limited to, mobile phones, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted terminals, road Side Units (RSUs), smart home terminals, industrial sensing devices, and/or medical devices, etc. In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a predetermined version of a new air-interface NR terminal (e.g., an NR terminal of R17).

The network-side device to which the present disclosure relates may be a base station. The base station may be various types of base stations, such as a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

In one embodiment, reference information is sent to a terminal; wherein the reference information comprises auxiliary cell state indication information; the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

In one embodiment, first information is sent to the terminal; wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the first information; the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell; the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

In one embodiment, second information carrying cell group activation indication information is sent to the terminal, wherein the secondary cell state indication information is included in the second information; the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

In one embodiment, third information carrying cell group activation condition information is sent to the terminal, wherein the secondary cell state indication information is included in the third information; the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.

As shown in fig. 11, in this embodiment, a method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, which is applied to a network side device, where the method includes:

step 111, sending reference information to a terminal;

As shown in fig. 12, in this embodiment, an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, where the apparatus includes:

a determining module 121 configured to:

As shown in fig. 13, in this embodiment, an apparatus for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell is provided, where the apparatus includes:

A transmitting module 131 configured to transmit secondary cell status indication information to the terminal, wherein,

the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell. It should be noted that, as those skilled in the art may understand, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication device, which comprises:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: for executing executable instructions, implements a method that is applicable to any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The processor may include, among other things, various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to memorize information stored thereon after a power down of the communication device.

The processor may be coupled to the memory via a bus or the like for reading the executable program stored on the memory.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program that when executed by a processor implements the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

As shown in fig. 14, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

Referring to the terminal 800 shown in fig. 14, the present embodiment provides a terminal 800, which may be embodied as a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

Referring to fig. 14, the terminal 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The power supply component 806 provides power to the various components of the terminal 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the terminal 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the terminal 800 and the user that provides an output interface. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or sliding action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or sliding operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 800 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the terminal 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect an on/off state of the device 800, a relative positioning of the assemblies, such as a display and keypad of the terminal 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in position of the terminal 800 or a component of the terminal 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the terminal 800, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the terminal 800, and a change in temperature of the terminal 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the terminal 800 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The terminal 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi,2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 800 can be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as memory 804 including instructions executable by processor 820 of terminal 800 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

As shown in fig. 15, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, base station 900 may be provided as a network-side device. Referring to fig. 15, base station 900 includes a processing component 922 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, such as applications, executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied at the base station.

Base station 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management for base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect base station 900 to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

A method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, applied to a terminal, wherein the method comprises:

determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group;

wherein the predetermined operation is activating or deactivating the cell group.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group comprises at least one of:

determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of the cell group in response to the predetermined operation being to activate the cell group;

in response to the predetermined operation to deactivate the cell group, determining to deactivate a secondary cell of the cell group.
The method of claim 2, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group comprises:

and determining to activate or deactivate the auxiliary cell according to the auxiliary cell state indication information.
A method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving the auxiliary cell state indication information.
The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving the secondary cell status indication information comprises:

receiving reference information sent by a network side;

wherein the secondary cell status indication information is included in the reference information.
The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving the reference information sent by the network side includes:

and receiving first information sent by a network side, wherein the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell.
The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving the reference information sent by the network side includes:

receiving second information carrying cell group activation indication information sent by a network

Or,

and receiving third information carrying cell group activation condition information sent by the network side.
The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to secondary cell status indication information comprises at least one of:

determining to activate the secondary cell in response to the secondary cell status indication information included in the first information, the second information, or the third information;

And determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell in response to an indication value of the secondary cell state indication information included in the first information, the second information or the third information.
A method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

determining to deactivate the secondary cell in response to the secondary cell status indication information not being included in predetermined information, wherein the predetermined information includes at least one of:

the first information is configuration information of the auxiliary cell;

the second information is information carrying cell group activation indication information;

and the third information is information carrying cell group activation condition information.
The method of claim 2, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group comprises:

and determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell according to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated.
The method of claim 10, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell based on the state of the secondary cell prior to deactivation of the cell group comprises at least one of:

determining to activate the secondary cell in response to the state of the secondary cell before deactivation of the cell group being an active state;

And determining to deactivate the secondary cell in response to the state of the secondary cell before the cell group is deactivated being a deactivation state.
The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to the cell group update, a secondary cell of the updated cell group is determined to be activated or deactivated based on the state of the secondary cell of the pre-update cell group.
The method of claim 12, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the updated cell group based on the state of the secondary cell of the pre-update cell group comprises at least one of:

determining all secondary cells in the cell group after the updating is activated in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before the updating being the activation state;

determining to activate part of the secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of part of the secondary cells in the cell group before updating being the activation state;

and determining to deactivate all secondary cells in the updated cell group in response to the state of all secondary cells in the cell group before updating being a deactivation state.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell of the cell group comprises:

according to the protocol specification, it is determined to activate or deactivate the secondary cell.
The method of claim 1, wherein,

in response to activating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to an active state;

or,

in response to deactivating the secondary cell, the secondary cell is set to a deactivated state.
The method of any of claims 1 to 15, wherein the determining to activate or deactivate the secondary cell comprises:

determining to deactivate a secondary cell in response to activating a cell group unless secondary cell status indication information of the secondary cell is set to active;

or alternatively;

in response to activating the cell group and configuring the secondary cell state indication information, setting the secondary cell state to a state indicated by the secondary cell state indication information;

or,

in response to activating a cell group and not configuring secondary cell status indication information, determining to deactivate the secondary cell.
A method for determining to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, applied to a network side device, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

and sending auxiliary cell state indication information to the terminal, wherein the auxiliary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate the auxiliary cell.
The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting secondary cell status indication information to the terminal comprises:

And sending reference information to the terminal, wherein the reference information comprises auxiliary cell state indication information.
The method of claim 18, wherein the transmitting the reference information to the terminal comprises:

sending first information to the terminal;

wherein the first information is configuration information of the secondary cell.
The method of claim 18, wherein the transmitting the reference information to the terminal comprises:

sending second information carrying cell group activation indication information to the terminal;

or,

and sending third information carrying cell group activation condition information to the terminal.
An apparatus that determines to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, the apparatus comprising:

a determination module configured to: determining to activate or deactivate secondary cells of a cell group in response to a predetermined operation for the cell group; wherein the predetermined operation is activating or deactivating the cell group.
An apparatus that determines to activate or deactivate a secondary cell, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitting module configured to transmit secondary cell status indication information to the terminal, wherein,

the secondary cell state indication information is used for the terminal to determine to activate or deactivate a secondary cell.
A communication device, comprising:

a memory;

a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored on the memory and to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 16 or 17 to 20.
A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, are capable of carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 116 or 17 to 20.