IP Library Granted Patent US 9,025,590
Granted Patent B2
US 9,025,590 · App. 14/500,398 · Granted May 5, 2015

Carrier aggregation with power headroom report

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Patent No.
US 9,025,590
App. No.
14/500,398
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and software can be used for providing power headroom reporting in a telecommunication system. A method can include configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in uplink, wherein the power headroom report control element includes a bitmap indicating which power headroom reports are being reported. The method can further include receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment. The method additionally can include processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment.

Claims (23)

1. A method, comprising:

configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in an uplink, the power headroom report control element including a bitmap indicating power headroom reports being reported;

receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment; and

processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment, the bitmap including bits for power headroom reports for a plurality of secondary cells.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bitmap is in one of: a MAC subheader and a payload.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power headroom report control element includes at least one of: a type 1 power headroom report for a primary serving cell and a type 2 power headroom report for the primary serving cell.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the type 1 power headroom report is computed as P_max,c minus physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power, and the type 2 power headroom report is computed as P_cmax,c minus physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) power minus PUSCH power.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program that, when executed in hardware, causes the hardware to perform a process, the process comprising:

configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in an uplink, the power headroom report control element including a bitmap indicating power headroom reports being reported;

receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment; and

processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment, the bitmap including bits for power headroom reports for a plurality of secondary cells.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the power headroom report control element includes the bitmap in one of: a MAC subheader and a payload.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the power headroom report control dement includes at least one of: a type 1 power headroom report for a primary serving cell and a type 2 power headroom report for the primary serving cell.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the type 1 power headroom report is computed as P_max,c minus physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power, and the type 2 power headroom report is computed as P_cmax,c minus physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) power minus PUSCH power.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

configure a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in an uplink, the power headroom report control element including a bitmap that indicates power headroom reports being reported;

receive the power headroom report control element from the user equipment; and

process the power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment, the bitmap including bits for power headroom reports for a plurality of secondary cells.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the power headroom report control element includes the bitmap in one of: a MAC subheader and a payload.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the power headroom report control element includes at least one of: a type 1 power headroom report for a primary serving cell and a type 2 power headroom report for the primary serving cell.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the type 1 power headroom report is computed as P_cmax,c minus physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power, and the type 2 power headroom report is computed as P_cmax,c minus physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) power minus PUSCH power.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 051728/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2014
From: WU, CHUNLI; SEBIRE, BENOIST PIERRE
To: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
Reel/Frame 033867/0016 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2014
From: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
To: CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 033867/0067 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 1, 2014
From: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Reel/Frame 033885/0859 →