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US 11,395,234 · App. 14/478,842 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Method for uplink power control, network node and system

Inventors: Qinghai Zeng (Shenzhen, CN); Qufang Huang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W52/146H04W52/367H04W52/40H04W72/1278H04W52/346
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,395,234
App. No.
14/478,842
Filed
Sep 5, 2014
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Examiner
JAIN, ANKUR
Art Unit
2649
USPC
455/522
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for uplink power control, a network node and a system, which relates to the field of communication technologies, and the method includes: a first network node transmits a first indication message to a second network node, wherein the first indication message includes a time pattern and/or a maximum transmission power for an uplink transmission performed by a user equipment (UE) on the second network node, and the time pattern is used for controlling a transmission time of the uplink transmission performed by the UE. The present invention is applicable to uplink power control for the user equipment UE in a carrier aggregation scenario.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a second maximum transmission power value determined by a primary base station, wherein the second maximum transmission power value is directly used for a secondary base station;

transmitting within the second maximum transmission power value, by the terminal, the second uplink data to the secondary base station;

transmitting, by the terminal, a first uplink data to the primary base station; and

sending, by the terminal, a third indication to the primary base station, the third indication indicating that a transmission buffer of the secondary base station is changed from a state of having no uplink data to a state of having uplink data, or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the secondary base station exceeds a third predetermined threshold, the third indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to resume scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the primary base station, a first maximum transmission power value for the primary base station;

wherein the transmitting the first uplink data further comprising:

transmitting within the first maximum transmission power value, by the terminal, the first uplink data to the primary base station.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, by the primary base station, a first request message from the secondary base station to request the primary base station to configure the second maximum transmission power value for the second uplink data.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the secondary base station, the second maximum transmission power value from the primary base station.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a request for adjusting power control from the secondary base station.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, a first indication to the primary base station, the first indication indicating that uplink data buffered by the terminal to be transmitted to the secondary base station exceeds a first predetermined threshold, the first indication triggering the primary base station to determine the maximum transmission power value.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the primary base station, a second request message from a mobility management entity (MME), the second request message requesting adding, modifying or deleting a radio bearer between the terminal and the secondary base station.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, a second indication to the primary base station, the second indication indicating that there is no uplink data in a transmission buffer of the secondary base station or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the secondary base station is lower than a second predetermined threshold, the second indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to stop scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, a fourth indication to the primary base station, the fourth indication indicating that there is no uplink data in a transmission buffer of the primary base station or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the primary base station is lower than a fourth predetermined threshold, the fourth indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to stop restriction of scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, a fifth indication to the primary base station, the fifth indication indicating that a transmission buffer of the primary base station is changed from a state of having no uplink data to a state of having uplink data, or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the primary base station exceeds the fifth predetermined threshold, the fifth indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to resume restriction of scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a second maximum transmission power value determined by a primary base station, wherein the second maximum transmission power value is directly used for a secondary base station; and

a transmitter coupled to the receiver, the transmitter configured to:

transmit within the second maximum transmission power value, the second uplink data to the secondary base station;

transmit a first uplink data to the primary base station; and

send a third indication to the primary base station, the third indication indicating that a transmission buffer of the secondary base station is changed from a state of having no uplink data to a state of having uplink data, or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the secondary base station exceeds a third predetermined threshold, the third indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to resume scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , the receiver is further configured to receive a request for adjusting power control from the secondary base station.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a first indication to the primary base station, the first indication indicating that uplink data buffered by the terminal to be transmitted to the secondary base station exceeds a first predetermined threshold, the first indication triggering the primary base station to determine the maximum transmission power value.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a second indication to the primary base station, the second indication indicating that there is no uplink data in a transmission buffer of the secondary base station or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the secondary base station is lower than a second predetermined threshold, the second indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to stop scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a fourth indication to the primary base station, the fourth indication indicating that there is no uplink data in a transmission buffer of the primary base station or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the primary base station is lower than a fourth predetermined threshold, the fourth indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to stop restriction of scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a fifth indication to the primary base station, the fifth indication indicating that a transmission buffer of the primary base station is changed from a state of having no uplink data to a state of having uplink data, or indicating that a data amount of data in the transmission buffer of the primary base station exceeds the fifth predetermined threshold, the fifth indication triggering the primary base station to request the secondary base station to resume restriction of scheduling uplink transmission within the maximum transmission power value.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062129/0103 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INVENTORS NAMES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033682 FRAME: 0165. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: ZENG, QINGHAI; HUANG, QUFANG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033763/0595 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2014
From: ZENG, QINGHAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033682/0165 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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