US Patent 10172125 Terminal device, base station device, communication method, and integrated circuit

There is provided a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which the terminal device and a base station device communicate with each other. The terminal device that communicates with the base station device by using a plurality of aggregated cells includes a reception unit that monitors a first CSS and/or USS in a certain serving cell, and monitors a second CSS and/or USS in the certain serving cell. The reception unit monitors the first CSS and USS in a case where the certain serving cell is a primary cell, and monitors the second CSS and USS in a case where the certain serving cell is a secondary cell and has at least one function of the primary cell.