IP Library Granted Patent US 8,958,840
Granted Patent B2
US 8,958,840 · App. 13/400,947 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,958,840
App. No.
13/400,947
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.

Claims (43)

1. A method of transmitting a power headroom port (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

determining a maximum transmission power according to a parameter associated with power management;

generating an extended PHR including the determined maximum transmission power and an indicator indicating whether the UE applies power back-off due to power management; and

transmitting the extended PHR to a Base Station (BS),

wherein the indicator has a length of 1 bit, and

wherein the indicator has a bit value of 1 if the determined maximum transmission power is different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter is a Power management-Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving control information from the BS before generating the extended PHR,

wherein the control information includes information corresponding to a configuration of the extended PHR, the control information being transmitted using a Media Access Control-MainConfig Information Element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator has a bit value of 0 if the determined maximum transmission power is not different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

5. An apparatus for transmitting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine a maximum transmission power according to a parameter associated with power management, and to generate an extended PHR including the determined maximum transmission power and an indicator indicating whether the UE applies power back-off due to power management; and

a transceiver configured to transmit the extended PHR to a Base Station (BS),

wherein the indicator has a length of 1 bit, and

wherein the indicator has a bit value of 1 if the determined maximum transmission power is different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the parameter is a Power management-Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) value.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the transceiver is configured to receive control information from the BS before configuring the extended PHR, and

wherein the control information includes information corresponding to a configuration of the extended PHR, the control information being transmitted using a Media Access Control-MainConfig Information Element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the extended PHR further includes information regarding the determined maximum transmission power, and

wherein the determined maximum transmission power is determined by the UE according to a first parameter provided from the BS and a second parameter previously set by the UE.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the indicator has a bit value of 0 if the determined maximum transmission power is not different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

10. An apparatus for receiving a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a Base Station (BS) in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to generate control information including information corresponding to a configuration of an extended PHR; and

a transceiver configured to transmit the control information and to receive the extended PHR from the UE,

wherein the extended PHR includes an indicator indicating whether a maximum transmission power of the UE determined according to a parameter associated with power management is different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management,

wherein the indicator has a length of 1 bit, and

wherein the indicator has a bit value of 1 if the determined maximum transmission power is different from the maximum power transmission corresponding to the UE not applying power back-off due to power management.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the parameter is a Power management-Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) value.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the control information is transmitted using a Media Access Control-MainConfig Information Element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the extended PHR further includes information regarding the determined maximum transmission power, and

wherein the determined maximum transmission power is determined by the UE according to a first parameter provided from the BS and a second parameter previously set by the UE.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the indicator has a bit value of 0 if the determined maximum transmission power is not different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

15. A method of receiving a Power Headroom Report (PHR) at a Base Station (BS) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting control information including information corresponding to a configuration of an extended PHR to a User Equipment (UE); and

receiving the extended PHR from the UE,

wherein the extended PHR includes an indicator indicating whether a maximum transmission power of the UE determined according to a parameter associated with power management is different from a maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management;

wherein the indicator has a length of 1 bit; and

wherein the indicator has a bit value of 1 if the determined maximum transmission power is different from the maximum power transmission corresponding to the UE not applying power back-off due to power management.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the parameter is a Power management-Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) value.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the control information is transmitted using a Media Access Control-MainConfig Information Element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the extended PHR further includes information regarding the determined maximum transmission power, and

wherein the determined maximum transmission power is determined by the UE according to a first parameter provided from the BS and a second parameter previously set by the UE.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the indicator has a bit value of 0 if the determined maximum transmission power is not different from the maximum power transmission not applying power back-off due to power management.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: KIM, SANG BUM; KIM, SOENG HUN; VAN LIESHOUT, GERT-JAN; JEONG, KYEONG IN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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