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Granted Patent B2
US 10,993,194 · App. 16/202,552 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Liu Liu (Beijing, CN); Lihui Wang (Beijing, CN); Huiling Jiang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W52/365H04W8/24H04W52/34H04W72/04H04W52/146
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Patent No.
US 10,993,194
App. No.
16/202,552
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to reducing the decrease of uplink throughput in the event a user terminal connects with a plurality of radio base stations. In one aspect of the claimed invention, a user terminal includes a transmitter that performs transmission in a first cell group (CG) and a second CG, and a processor that, if the transmitter reports user terminal capability information indicating that the user terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, scales transmission power of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power.

Claims (25)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that performs transmission in a first cell group (CG) and a second CG; and

a processor that,

in a first case when the transmitter reports terminal capability information indicating that the terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, reduces transmission power of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power, and

in a second case when the transmitter does not report the terminal capability information, power is allocated semi-statically in advance for the first CG and the second CG and the processor does not perform the transmission in the second CG at a timing when the transmission in the second CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the first CG,

wherein the transmitter reports the terminal capability information to at least one of a first base station of the first CG and a second base station of the second CG, and communication with the first base station and the second base station is carried out according to the first case or the second case based on the reported terminal capability information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein if the transmitter reports the terminal capability information and if the transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the second CG, the processor reduces the transmission power of the second CG in a portion of a subframe so that the total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed the maximum allowable power.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein if the transmitter reports the terminal capability information and if the transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the second CG, the processor reduces the transmission power of the second CG so that the total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed the maximum allowable power and does not change the transmission power of the second CG in a portion of a subframe.

4. A radio communication method for a terminal, comprising:

performing transmission in a first cell group (CG) and a second CG; and

in a first case when the terminal reports terminal capability information indicating that the terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, reducing transmission power of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power, and

in a second case when the transmitter terminal does not report the terminal capability information, allocating power semi-statically in advance for the first CG and the second CG and not performing the transmission in the second CG at a timing when the transmission in the second CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the first CG,

wherein the terminal reports the terminal capability information to at least one of a first base station of the first CG and a second base station of the second CG, and communication with the first base station and the second base station is carried out according to the first case or the second case based on the reported terminal capability information.

5. A base station comprising:

a receiver that performs reception in at least one of a first cell group (CG) and a second CG; and

a processor that carries out communication according to a first case or a second case based on a reported terminal capability information,

wherein in the first case when the receiver receives terminal capability information indicating that a terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, transmission power is reduced of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power, and

in a second case when the receiver does not receive the terminal capability information, power is allocated semi-statically in advance for the first CG and the second CG and the transmission is not performed in the second CG at a timing when the transmission in the second CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the first CG.

6. A system comprising a terminal and a first base station and a second base station, wherein:

the terminal comprises:

a transmitter that performs transmission in a first cell group (CG) and a second CG; and

a processor that,

in a first case when the transmitter reports terminal capability information indicating that the terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, reduces transmission power of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power, and

in a second case when the transmitter does not report the terminal capability information, power is allocated semi-statically in advance for the first CG and the second CG and the processor does not perform the transmission in the second CG at a timing when the transmission in the second CG overlaps in time with the transmission in the first CG,

wherein the transmitter reports the terminal capability information to at least one of the first base station of the first CG and the second base station of the second CG, and communication with the first base station and the second base station is carried out according to the first case or the second case based on the reported terminal capability information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; LIU, LIU; WANG, LIHUI; JIANG, HUILING
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 048851/0234 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-096660 · May 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15309231
Related Publication 20190116562A1 · Apr 18, 2019