IP Library Granted Patent US 10,420,040
Granted Patent B2
US 10,420,040 · App. 15/606,932 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Power headroom transmission in a wireless device and wireless network

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W52/34H04W52/143H04W52/146H04W52/16H04W52/242H04W52/243H04W52/246H04W52/346H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 10,420,040
App. No.
15/606,932
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive at least one message. The at least one message may comprise configuration parameters of a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells may comprise a primary cell and one or more secondary cells. A activation/deactivation (A/D) media access control control element (MAC CE may be received. The A/D MAC CE may indicate activation of at least one of the one or more secondary cells. A power headroom (PHR) MAC CE may be transmitted. The PHR MAC CE may comprise a Type 2 power headroom field for the primary cell in response to the one or more secondary cells comprising at least one license assisted access (LAA) cell with an uplink. The at least one LAA cell may be configured and activated.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and one or more secondary cells; and

transmitting a power headroom (PHR) media access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises a Type 2 power headroom field for the primary cell in response to:

the one or more secondary cells comprising at least one license assisted access (LAA) cell with an uplink; and

the at least one LAA cell being configured and activated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE further comprises a Type 1 power headroom field for the primary cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises the Type 2 power headroom field in response to a simultaneous physical uplink control channel and a physical uplink shared channel being configured.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises the Type 2 power headroom field in response to the one or more secondary cells comprising at least one physical uplink control channel secondary cell being configured and activated.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message comprises at least one parameter indicating that an extended PHR is configured.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message further comprises a first information element indicating whether a simultaneous physical uplink control channel transmission and a physical uplink shared channel transmission is configured for the primary cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a Type 2 power headroom level for the Type 2 power headroom field employing:

a power of a physical uplink control channel; and

a power of a physical uplink shared channel; and

determining a Type 1 power headroom level for a Type 1 power headroom field employing the power of the physical uplink shared channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining a measurement value by measuring a signal of a pathloss reference, wherein a calculation of a Type 2 power headroom level for the Type 2 power headroom field employs the measurement value.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an activation/deactivation (A/D) MAC CE indicating activation of at least one of the one or more secondary cells.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a bit in the A/D MAC CE indicates an activation/deactivation status of a corresponding secondary cell in response to the corresponding secondary cell being configured.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors cause the wireless device to:

receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and one or more secondary cells;

transmit a power headroom (PHR) media access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises a Type 2 power headroom field for the primary cell in response to:

the one or more secondary cells comprising at least one license assisted access (LAA) cell with an uplink; and

the at least one LAA cell being configured and activated.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the PHR MAC CE further comprises a Type 1 power headroom field for the primary cell.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises the Type 2 power headroom field in response to a simultaneous physical uplink control channel and a physical uplink shared channel being configured.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the PHR MAC CE comprises the Type 2 power headroom field in response to the one or more secondary cells comprising at least one physical uplink control channel secondary cell being configured and activated.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one message comprises at least one parameter indicating that an extended PHR is configured.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one message further comprises a first information element indicating whether a simultaneous physical uplink control channel transmission and a physical uplink shared channel transmission is configured for the primary cell.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

determine a Type 2 power headroom level for the Type 2 power headroom field employing:

a power of a physical uplink control channel; and

a power of a physical uplink shared channel; and

determine a Type 1 power headroom level for a Type 1 power headroom field employing the power of the physical uplink shared channel.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to obtain a measurement value by measuring a signal of a pathloss reference, wherein a calculation of a Type 2 power headroom level for the Type 2 power headroom field employs the measurement value.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive an activation/deactivation (A/D) MAC CE indicating activation of at least one of the one or more secondary cells.

20. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors further cause the wireless device to activate or deactivate at least one secondary cell in the one or more secondary cells according to the A/D MAC CE.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING 5 PAGES SHOWING CHANGE OF NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049307 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055080/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2019
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 049307/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: DINAN, ESMAEL
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 046057/0224 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62341732 · May 26, 2016
Related Publication 20170347326A1 · Nov 30, 2017