US 12,477,612 B2
Configuration method and apparatus
Huiming Sun, Shanghai (CN); Tingting Geng, Shanghai (CN); and Hongping Zhang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,028.
Application 18/147,028 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/096446, filed on May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010639037.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133425 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/22 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/22 (2018.02) 20 Claims
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1. A configuration method, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, and the method comprises:
receiving a media access control control element (MAC CE) from a first node, wherein the MAC CE indicates to activate or deactivate one or more cells in a cell group managed by a second node, and the first node is different from the second node; and
activating or deactivating, based on the MAC CE, the one or more cells in the cell group managed by the second node, wherein the first node is a master node, the second node is a secondary node, and the cell group managed by the second node is a secondary cell group (SCG),
wherein, in response to a primary secondary cell in the SCG being in an activated state, the MAC CE indicates to deactivate and the method comprises, based on the MAC CE, deactivating:
all cells in the SCG, or
one or more secondary cells in the SCG.