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Granted Patent B2
US 9,065,618 · App. 13/377,649 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Radio communication apparatuses and radio communication method

Inventors: Takashi Iwai (Ishikawa, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Kanagawa, JP); Daichi Imamura (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihiko Ogawa (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Matsumoto (Ishikawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04L5/0053H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 9,065,618
App. No.
13/377,649
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a radio communication mobile station apparatus, a radio communication base station apparatus and a radio communication method, which make it possible to correctly switch between transmission modes for a PUSCH and a PUCCH while impeding signaling overhead from increasing. A transmission mode setting unit ( 107 ) detects an instruction given by a base station, the instruction indicating a multiplexing method for a PUSCH and a PUCCH. A trigger information reporting determination unit ( 108 ) performs threshold discrimination where PHR_pucch, which is calculated by PHR_control calculation unit ( 106 ), is compared with a threshold value that depends on the multiplexing method indicated by the instruction given by the base station. Specifically, in a TDM transmission mode, trigger information is reported if PHR_pucch>X 1 [dBm] is satisfied. On the other hand, in an FDM transmission mode, the trigger information is reported if PHR_pucch<Y 1 [dBm] is satisfied. Based on a result of the threshold discrimination, the trigger information reporting determination unit ( 108 ) determines whether to report the trigger information.

Claims (25)

1. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a computing section which, in operation, computes a first power headroom (PHR), the first PHR being obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power, and computes a second PHR, the second PHR being obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power; and

a transmitting section which, in operation, transmits the first PHR and the second PHR,

wherein when the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

2. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is configured, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

3. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: when a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is not configured, the first PHR is computed and transmitted;

and when the simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is configured, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

4. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted by transmitting the data channel and the control channel in a same subframe.

5. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum transmit power used for computing the second PHR has a value obtained by subtracting an offset from the maximum transmit power used for computing the first PHR.

6. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the control channel is not transmitted, the second PHR is transmitted as a MAC element in the data channel.

7. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a number of bits for the first PHR is same as a number of bits for the second PHR.

8. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and the control channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

9. A radio communication method comprising:

computing a first power headroom (PHR), the first PHR being obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power;

computing a second PHR, the second PHR being obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power; and

transmitting the first PHR and the second PHR,

wherein when the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

10. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein when a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is configured, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

11. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein: when a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is not configured, the first PHR is computed and transmitted;

and when the simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in the different frequency bands is configured, the second PHR is computed and transmitted.

12. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted by transmitting the data channel and the control channel in a same subframe.

13. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the maximum transmit power used for computing the second PHR has a value obtained by subtracting an offset from the maximum transmit power used for computing the first PHR.

14. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein when the control channel is not transmitted, the second PHR is transmitted as a MAC element in the data channel.

15. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein a number of bits for the first PHR is same as a number of bits for the second PHR.

16. The radio communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the data channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and the control channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2012
From: IWAI, TAKASHI; NISHIO, AKIHIKO; IMAMURA, DAICHI; OGAWA, YOSHIHIKO; MATSUMOTO, ATSUSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027739/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-152647 · Jun 26, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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