Patent ID: 9673955
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile station that performs carrier aggregation using a primary cell (Pcell) and a secondary cell (Scell), the mobile station comprising: circuitry that manages a primary timing adjustment group (pTAG) that includes the Pcell, and a secondary timing adjustment group (sTAG) that does not include the Pcell, associates a downlink (DL) only cell with one of the Pcell and the Scell in the pTAG, and associates a DL cell corresponding to an uplink (UL) cell with one of the pTAG and the sTAG, wherein the circuitry autonomously associates the DL only cell with the Pcell or the Scell in the pTAG without an instruction from a network, the circuitry manages each of a timing reference cell and a Pathloss reference cell for each of the Pcell and the S cell in the pTAG, as the Pcell in the pTAG or a cell designated by the network, and the circuitry does not allow the network to designate a timing reference cell and a Pathloss reference cell for the Scell in the sTAG.