IP Library Granted Patent US 9,820,168
Granted Patent B2
US 9,820,168 · App. 14/810,825 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Transmission power determination method, communication device and program

Inventors: Ryo Sawai (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04W24/00H04W24/02H04W52/146H04W52/16H04W52/24H04W52/241H04W52/242H04W52/245H04W52/46H04W16/14H04W52/143H04W52/243
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Patent No.
US 9,820,168
App. No.
14/810,825
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device comprising circuitry that controls transmitting signals through a first communication link toward a base station or a second communication link toward a mobile station. The second communication link uses an uplink resource of the first communication link. The circuity determines transmission power for the second communication link based on a first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter indicates a signal level, a power level, or a noise level in the first communication link. The second parameter corresponds to path loss information for the first communication link.

Claims (31)

1. An electronic device comprising:

circuitry configured to:

control transmitting signals through a first communication link toward a base station or a second communication link toward a mobile station, the second communication link-being a device-to-device communication link that makes use of an uplink resource of the first communication link; and

determine transmission power for the second communication link based on a first parameter and a second parameter,

wherein

the first parameter indicates at least one level selected from the group consisting of a signal level and a power level in the first communication link,

the second parameter corresponds to path loss information for the first communication link, and

the transmission power for the second communication link is further determined based on a third parameter related to bandwidth information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the uplink resource comprises at least one frequency multiplexed uplink resource.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first parameter is received from the base station.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the path loss information comprises a path loss level from a mobile device to a base station in the first communication link.

5. A method comprising:

controlling transmitting signals through a first communication link toward a base station or a second communication link toward a mobile station, the second communication link-being a device-to-device communication link that makes use of an uplink resource of the first communication link; and

determining transmission power for the second communication link based on a first parameter and a second parameter,

wherein

the first parameter indicates at least one level selected from the group consisting of a signal level and a power level in the first communication link,

the second parameter corresponds to path loss information for the first communication link, and

the transmission power for the second communication link is further determined based on a third parameter related to bandwidth information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the uplink resource comprises at least one frequency multiplexed uplink resource.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first parameter is received from the base station.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the path loss information comprises a path loss level from a mobile device to a base station in the first communication link.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer executable instructions which, when executed on at least one processor of a device, cause the device to perform a method, the method comprising:

controlling transmitting signals through a first communication link toward a base station or a second communication link toward a mobile station, the second communication link being a device-to-device communication link that makes use of an uplink resource of the first communication link; and

determining transmission power for the second communication link based on a first parameter and a second parameter,

wherein

the first parameter indicates at least one level selected from the group consisting of a signal level and a power level in the first communication link,

the second parameter corresponds to path loss information for the first communication link, and

the transmission power for the second communication link is further determined based on a third parameter related to bandwidth information.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the uplink resource comprises at least one frequency multiplexed uplink resource.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first parameter is received from the base station.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the path loss information comprises a path loss level from a mobile device to a base station in the first communication link.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2015
From: SAWAI, RYO; KIMURA, RYOTA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037323/0629 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2009-179367 · Jul 31, 2009 · national
JP 2010-005230 · Jan 13, 2010 · national
JP 2010-110012 · May 12, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13655002 · Oct 18, 2012
Continuation 12838605 · Jul 19, 2010
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