Power control in a wireless device

1. A method comprising:

a) receiving, by a wireless device, at least one radio resource control message from a base station, said at least one radio resource control message to cause in said wireless device:

i) configuration of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and at least one secondary cell; and

ii) assignment of each of said at least one secondary cell to a cell group in a plurality of cell groups, said plurality of cell groups comprising:

(1) a primary cell group comprising a first subset of said plurality of cells, said first subset comprising said primary cell; and

(2) a secondary cell group comprising a second subset of said at least one secondary cell;

b) receiving, by said wireless device, a control command to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in said secondary cell group;

c) transmitting one or more times, by said wireless device, said random access preamble on said random access resources of said secondary cell;

d) receiving, by said wireless device, a random access response providing an uplink grant to transmit an uplink packet;

e) computing, by said wireless device, transmission power of said uplink packet employing, at least in part, a first parameter calculated by summation of:

i) a power control value corresponding to a power control field in said uplink grant; and

ii) a total power ramp-up from the first transmission to the last transmission of said random access preamble if said random access preamble is transmitted more than one time; and

f) transmitting, by said wireless device, said first uplink packet in radio resources identified by said first uplink grant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said random access response comprises a timing adjustment command.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising applying, by said wireless device, said timing adjustment command to said secondary cell group.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising said at least one radio resource control message causing configuration of at least one power control parameter of said secondary cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said uplink grant comprises:

a) a radio resource allocation parameter;

b) said power control field; and

c) a modulation and coding index.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transmission power is computed employing the following parameters:

a) bandwidth of radio resources identified by said uplink grant;

b) a downlink pathloss estimate;

c) modulation and coding identified by said uplink grant; and

d) said first parameter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said control command comprises a preamble identifier of said random access preamble.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one radio resource control message causes configuration of said random access resources on said secondary cell.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said wireless device retransmits said random access preamble if the following conditions are met:

a) no random access response is received in response to transmission of said random access preamble within a period of time; and

b) a maximum number of transmissions is not reached.

10. A method comprising:

a) receiving, by a wireless device, at least one radio resource control message from a base station, said at least one radio resource control message to cause in said wireless device assignment of each of at least one secondary cell in a plurality of cells to a cell group in a plurality of cell groups, said plurality of cell groups comprising a primary cell group and a secondary cell group;

b) receiving, by said wireless device, a control command to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in said secondary cell group;

c) transmitting one or more times, by said wireless device, said random access preamble on said random access resources of said secondary cell;

d) receiving, by said wireless device, a random access response providing an uplink grant to transmit an uplink packet;

e) computing, by said wireless device, transmission power of said uplink packet employing, at least in part, a first parameter calculated by summation of:

i) a power control value corresponding to a power control field in said uplink grant; and

ii) a total power ramp-up from the first transmission to the last transmission of said random access preamble if said random access preamble is transmitted more than one time; and

f) transmitting, by said wireless device, said first uplink packet in radio resources identified by said first uplink grant.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said random access response comprises a timing adjustment command.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising said at least one radio resource control message causing configuration of at least one power control parameter of said secondary cell.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein said uplink grant comprises:

a) a radio resource allocation parameter;

b) said power control field; and

c) a modulation and coding index.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein said transmission power is computed employing the following parameters:

a) bandwidth of radio resources identified by said uplink grant;

b) a downlink pathloss estimate;

c) modulation and coding identified by said uplink grant; and

d) said first parameter.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein said wireless device retransmits said random access preamble if the following conditions are met:

a) no random access response is received in response to transmission of said random access preamble within a period of time; and

b) a maximum number of transmissions is not reached.

16. A wireless device comprising:

a) one or more communication interfaces;

b) one or more processors; and

c) memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause said wireless device to:

i) receive at least one radio resource control message from a base station, said at least one radio resource control message to cause in said wireless device assignment of each of at least one secondary cell in a plurality of cells to a cell group in a plurality of cell groups, said plurality of cell groups comprising a primary cell group and a secondary cell group;

ii) receive a control command to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in said secondary cell group;

iii) transmit one or more times said random access preamble on said random access resources of said secondary cell;

iv) receiving, by said wireless device, a random access response providing an uplink grant to transmit an uplink packet;

v) compute transmission power of said uplink packet employing, at least in part, a first parameter calculated by summation of:

(1) a power control value corresponding to a power control field in said uplink grant; and

(2) a total power ramp-up from the first transmission to the last transmission of said random access preamble if said random access preamble is transmitted more than one time; and

vi) transmit said first uplink packet in radio resources identified by said first uplink grant.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein said random access response comprises a timing adjustment command.

18. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein said control command comprises a preamble identifier of said random access preamble.

19. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one radio resource control message causes configuration of said random access resources on said secondary cell.

20. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein said wireless device retransmits said random access preamble if the following conditions are met:

a) no random access response is received in response to transmission of said random access preamble within a period of time; and

b) a maximum number of transmissions is not reached.