Abstract: A Media Access Control protocol data unit processing method includes: obtaining a Media Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), where the MAC PDU includes N sub-PDUs, each sub-PDU includes a logical channel identifier (LCID), the N sub-PDUs are arranged in a first sequence, and N is a positive integer; parsing the N sub-PDUs according to the first sequence, and when a first sub-PDU is parsed, stopping the parsing and reserving a parsed second sub-PDU, where the second sub-PDU includes at least one sub-PDU before the first sub-PDU in the N sub-PDUs in the first sequence, and a value of an LCID included in the first sub-PDU is a specified reserved value. In this way, a manner for processing a MAC PDU can be provided when a value of an LCID is an invalid value or a reserved value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and a device. Second user equipment executes some tasks required for communication between first user equipment and a network device, and the first user equipment properly communicates with the second user equipment. In this way, energy consumption of the first user equipment required for communication with the network device can be reduced, thereby prolonging a standby time and improving user experience.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for performing communication by using an unlicensed spectrum, a device, and a system, which relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to improve efficiency of using an unlicensed spectrum by user equipment. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station eNB, a time resource and/or a frequency resource by contending with another eNB or another system using an unlicensed spectrum; generating, by the base station eNB, information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource according to the time resource and/or the frequency resource; and sending, by the base station eNB, the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource to user equipment UE by using a broadcast or multicast message, so that the user equipment UE communicates with the base station eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for determining timing advance grouping, and relate to the field of communications, the method, device and system for determining timing advance grouping. The method includes adding, by a base station (eNodeB), a component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE); according to obtained timing advance (TA) group information or a preset rule, determining a TA group that the added CC belongs to, where the TA group is a set of CCs that can share a TA; and sending identification information that identifies the TA group to the UE. Embodiments of the present invention are used to determine TA grouping when the eNodeB adds the CC for the UE.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for configuring a secondary cell, and a host, where the method includes: receiving a secondary cell configuration message sent by a first base station, where the secondary cell configuration message includes a secondary cell index configured by the first base station for a secondary cell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a network side device, and a user terminal. The method includes: establishing, by a user terminal, a connection to a first base station by using a first component carrier; sending, by the first base station, a preprocessing indication message to the user terminal, to indicate that the user terminal is to perform uplink synchronization with a second base station on a second component carrier; and obtaining, by the first base station, a target second base station, and sending a first indication message to the target second base station, to indicate that the user terminal is to perform data transmission with the target second base station.

Abstract: A wireless communications method, apparatus, and system including a terminal is provided. The terminal sets up a connection to a first base station, and stays in always connected mode. When the terminal moves in a dense network, handovers of the first base station can be reduced. Further, when the terminal moves in the dense network, frequent signaling interaction is reduced, paging load in the entire network is reduced, and an end-to-end delay in service setup and transmission is reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a communication method, a network device, user equipment, and a communications system. The communication method includes determining, by a network device, to allocate a first secondary cell group (SCG) to user equipment, and sending, by the network device, first configuration indication information to the user equipment, where the first configuration indication information indicates at least one type of the following configuration transmitting uplink control information related to a cell in the first SCG by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a first cell, where the first cell belongs to a second SCG of the user equipment, or processing data transmission on at least one cell in the first SCG by using a layer 2 functional entity located in the second SCG. The communication method disclosed in the present disclosure can reduce complexity of UE.

Abstract: User equipment, a base station, a base station access method, and a radio link monitoring method are provided, where the user equipment includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive first indication information sent by a first base station,where the first indication information includes a time period required by the user equipment to initially request to access a second base station; a first sending module, configured to send the random access scrambling code to the second base station; and a first notification module, configured to: if the user equipment fails to access the second base station within the time period, notify the first base station that a secondary cell group failure occurs. In this application, efficiency of accessing the second base station by the user equipment is improved by limiting a time in which the user equipment requests to access the second base station.

Abstract: An uplink synchronization processing method, a User Equipment (UE), and a base station are provided. The method includes: receiving a component carrier (CC) uplink synchronization indication message sent by a base station, where the uplink synchronization indication message carries identification information of one or multiple newly configured CCs; sending synchronization signaling to the base station when determining that the uplink synchronization needs to be executed on all or a part of the one or multiple newly configured CCs corresponding to the identification information; and receiving a time advanced (TA) adjusting message that is sent by the base station according to the synchronization signaling, and applying a TA value carried in the TA adjusting message to the CC on which the uplink synchronization needs to be executed.

Abstract: A measurement configuration method, includes receiving measurement trigger information comprising event trigger information or periodic measurement configuration information, and one or a combination of the following information: a measurement quantity (M) that needs to be reported and a measurement quantity (T) for triggering a measurement event; and sorting and reporting beams in a cell based on the measurement quantity (M) that needs to be reported or the measurement quantity (T) for triggering a measurement event.

Abstract: A Media Access Control protocol data unit processing method includes: obtaining a Media Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), where the MAC PDU includes N sub-PDUs, each sub-PDU includes a logical channel identifier (LCID), the N sub-PDUs are arranged in a first sequence, and N is a positive integer; parsing the N sub-PDUs according to the first sequence, and when a first sub-PDU is parsed, stopping the parsing and reserving a parsed second sub-PDU, where the second sub-PDU includes at least one sub-PDU before the first sub-PDU in the N sub-PDUs in the first sequence, and a value of an LCID included in the first sub-PDU is a specified reserved value. In this way, a manner for processing a MAC PDU can be provided when a value of an LCID is an invalid value or a reserved value.

Abstract: A processing method and device for obtaining synchronization are provided, where the method includes: selecting, by a UE, a preamble on a first Scell, and reporting information of the preamble to a base station by using a current PCell or a second SCell of the UE; receiving scheduling information of a random access response message or scheduling information of a conflict indication message delivered by the base station from a physical downlink control channel of the PCell, the second SCell or the first SCell by using a C-RNTI of the UE; and receiving the random access response message or the conflict indication message from a physical downlink shared channel according to the scheduling information of the random access response message or the scheduling information of the conflict indication message.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a communication method, a network device, user equipment, and a communications system. The communication method includes: determining, by a network device, to allocate a first secondary cell group to user equipment; and sending, by the network device, first configuration indication information to the user equipment, where the first configuration indication information is used to indicate at least one type of the following configuration: transmitting uplink control information related to a cell in the first secondary cell group by using a physical uplink control channel of a first cell, where the first cell belongs to a second secondary cell group of the user equipment; or processing data transmission on at least one cell in the first secondary cell group by using a layer 2 functional entity located in the second secondary cell group. The communication method disclosed in the present invention can reduce complexity of UE.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission processing method including: receiving first indication information and saving context information of user equipment according to the first indication information, where the context information includes identification information of the user equipment; and decoding a PDCCH based on the identification information of the user equipment, to obtain second indication information, where the second indication information is used to determine that the user equipment is a paged object or that there is a service of the user equipment. The indication information meant for the paged object is carried in the PDCCH, so that the user equipment can determine, depending on whether the indication information can be successfully obtained, whether the user equipment is the paged object or has a service, and perform subsequent processing, for example, connecting to a network, when determining that the user equipment is the paged object or has a service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless communications method, apparatus, and system. A terminal is provided. The terminal sets up a connection to a first base station, and stays in always connected mode. Therefore, when the terminal moves in a dense network, handovers of the first base station can be reduced. Further, when the terminal moves in the dense network, frequent signaling interaction is reduced, paging load in the entire network is reduced, and an end-to-end delay in service setup and transmission is reduced.

Abstract: User equipment includes a receiving module configured to receive first indication information sent by a first base station. The first indication information includes a time period required by the user equipment to request to access a second base station. The user equipment includes a sending module to send the random access scrambling code to the second base station. The user equipment further includes a notification module to notify the first base station that a secondary cell group failure occurs if the user equipment fails to access the second base station within the time period.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission processing method including: receiving first indication information and saving context information of user equipment according to the first indication information, where the context information includes identification information of the user equipment; and decoding a PDCCH based on the identification information of the user equipment, to obtain second indication information, where the second indication information is used to determine that the user equipment is a paged object or that there is a service of the user equipment. The indication information meant for the paged object is carried in the PDCCH, so that the user equipment can determine, depending on whether the indication information can be successfully obtained, whether the user equipment is the paged object or has a service, and perform subsequent processing, for example, connecting to a network, when determining that the user equipment is the paged object or has a service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a data transmission method, a transmit end device, and a receive end device. The method includes: generating, by a transmit end device, at least first data and second data based on to-be-transmitted data, where a size of the first data and a size of the second data are different; and sending, by the transmit end device, the first data by using a first transmission channel, and sending the second data by using a second transmission channel, where a transmission delay of the first transmission channel is different from a transmission delay of the second transmission channel.

Abstract: A method for ensuring parallel data random access and a user equipment are provided. An embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a random access sequence transmitted by a user equipment through a physical random access channel (PRACH) not to be sent with other uplink transmission in the same subframe, or, when a random access sequence transmitted by a user equipment through a PRACH is sent with other uplink transmission in the same subframe, controlling a priority of power transmission of the PRACH and a priority of power transmission of an uplink channel over which the other uplink transmission is performed, when power is limited.