IP Library Granted Patent US 9,337,980
Granted Patent B2
US 9,337,980 · App. 14/112,482 · Granted May 10, 2016

Method for controlling uplink transmission power and wireless device using same

Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Suck Chel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Yun Jung Yi (Anyang-si, KR); Dong Youn Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0048H04L5/0037H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04W52/146H04W52/32H04W52/367H04W56/0005H04W56/0045H04W72/0413H04W4/00H04W52/325
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Patent No.
US 9,337,980
App. No.
14/112,482
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for controlling uplink transmission power and a wireless device. The wireless device decides a first transmission power of a first uplink channel, which is transmitted through a first wireless resource from a first serving cell, and decides a second transmission power of a second uplink channel, which is transmitted through a second wireless resource from a second serving cell. The first serving cell belongs to a first timing advance (TA) group, and the second serving cell belongs to a second TA group that differs from the first TA group. All or a portion of the first wireless resource and the second wireless resource overlap, wherein the sum of the first and second transmission powers in the overlapping portion is decided so as not to exceed a maximum transmission power.

Claims (30)

1. A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment and comprising:

applying a first timing advance to a first serving cell and a second serving cell in order to adjust uplink timing, wherein the first timing advance is applied when the first serving cell and the second serving cell belong to a first group;

applying a second timing advance to a third serving cell, wherein the second timing advance is applied when the third serving cell does not belong to the first group, but belongs to a second group; and

if an uplink transmission toward one of the first serving cell and the second serving cell belonging to the first group at n th subframe and an uplink transmission of the third serving cell belonging to the second group at (n+1) th subframe are overlapped, determining whether to adjust the total uplink transmission power or drop the uplink transmission at the n th subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an uplink signal used for the uplink transmission of the first serving cell includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a sounding reference signal (SRS), and

wherein an uplink signal used for the uplink transmission of the second serving cell includes at least one of a PUCCH, a PUSCH and a SRS.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information about a first time alignment timer for the first group and information about a second time alignment timer for the second group;

receiving a timing advance command for the first group; and

starting or restarting the first time alignment timer upon applying the timing advance command.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the timing advance command is received at (n−6) th subframe and the timing advance command is applied at the n th subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlapped portion includes a part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

6. A user equipment for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals; and

a processor operatively coupled with the RF unit and configured to:

apply a first timing advance to a first serving cell and a second serving cell in order to adjust uplink timing, wherein the first timing advance is applied when the first serving cell and the second serving cell belong to a first group;

apply a second timing advance to a third serving cell, wherein the second timing advance is applied when the third serving cell does not belong to the first group, but belongs to a second group; and

if an uplink transmission toward one of the first serving cell and the second serving cell belonging to the first group at n th subframe and an uplink transmission of the third serving cell belonging to the second group at (n+1) th subframe are overlapped, determine whether to adjust the total uplink transmission power or drop the uplink transmission at the n th subframe.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein an uplink signal used for the uplink transmission of the first serving cell includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a sounding reference signal (SRS) and

wherein an uplink signal used for the uplink transmission of the second serving cell includes at least one of a PUCCH, a PUSCH and a SRS.

8. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive information about a first time alignment timer for the first group and information about a second time alignment timer for the second group;

receive a timing advance command for the first group; and

start or restart the first time alignment timer upon applying the timing advance command.

9. The user equipment of claim 8 , wherein the timing advance command is received at (n−6) th subframe and the timing advance command is applied at the n th subframe.

10. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the overlapped portion includes a part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein it is determined to drop the uplink transmission at the n th subframe if a total uplink transmission power exceeds a maximum value and if the uplink transmission at the n th subframe is to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS).

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein it is determined to adjust the total uplink transmission power if the uplink transmission at the n th subframe is to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS).

13. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

if an uplink transmission toward the first serving cell at n th subframe and an uplink transmission toward the second serving cell at (n+1) th subframe are overlapped due to the uplink timing adjustment while the first time alignment timer is running, completing the uplink transmission of the n th subframe and not transmitting the overlapped portion of the (n+1) th subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2013
From: AHN, JOON KUI; YANG, SUCK CHEL; YI, YUN JUNG; SEO, DONG YOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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