Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for secondary cell (SCell) configuration signaling and activation procedures. For example, certain aspects provide a method for configuring a plurality of secondary cells of a base station for a user equipment. The method includes receiving, at the user equipment from the base station, a message including at least one configuration parameter applicable to the plurality of secondary cells. The method further includes configuring the user equipment for the plurality of secondary cells based on the at least one configuration parameter.