Provided in the present disclosure are user equipment and a method thereof, and a base station and a method thereof. A method performed by user equipment includes: receiving, from a base station, a medium access control control element (MAC CE) used to indicate an activation configuration of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication of a data radio bearer (DRB) and/or an associated radio link control (RLC) entity; and performing the activation configuration of the PDCP duplication and/or the associated RLC entity based on the MAC CE. Thus, the communication efficiency and reliability of a wireless communication system can be improved.