Power allocation method, power adjustment method, terminal, and access network device

1. A power allocation method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, a first initial transmit power and a second initial transmit power, wherein the first initial transmit power comprises an initial transmit power of a channel transmitted in each of M first subframes and carried by a first carrier, and the second initial transmit power is an initial transmit power of a channel transmitted in a second subframe and carried by a second carrier;

receiving, by the terminal, minimum guaranteed power information of channels carried by the first carrier and that is sent by an access network device; and

obtaining, by the terminal, in response to a sum of any of the first initial transmit powers and the second initial transmit power exceeding a maximum transmit power of the terminal, an available transmit power for channels that are transmitted in N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and an available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on a priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier and based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier, wherein the second subframe on the second carrier overlaps the N first subframes on the first carrier, the M first subframes are first M first subframes of the N first subframes, N is greater than M, M and N are positive integers, N is greater than 1, M is greater than or equal to 1, and the second subframe is longer than each of the N first subframes.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining, by the terminal, an available transmit power for channels that are transmitted in N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and an available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on a priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier and based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, a minimum guaranteed power based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier;

obtaining, by the terminal, a first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and a second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier; and

determining, by the terminal based on the minimum guaranteed power and at least one of the first available transmit power or the second available transmit power, at least one of the available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein obtaining, by the terminal, a first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and a second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier comprises:

reducing the first initial transmit power and the second initial transmit power based on the priority order, to respectively obtain the first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, wherein a sum of the first available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in each of the N first subframes and that is carried by the first carrier and the second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier is less than or equal to the maximum transmit power.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier comprises at least one of a priority order between channel types, a priority order between uplink control information (UCI) carried by channels, or a priority order between carriers corresponding to channels.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the priority order between channel types comprises at least one of the following:

when there is a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH has a highest priority;

when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) coexist, a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of the PUSCH, or a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of a PUSCH carrying no UCI and is the same as a priority of a PUSCH carrying UCI;

when a PUSCH carrying uplink control information UCI and a PUSCH carrying no UCI coexist, a priority of the PUSCH carrying UCI is higher than a priority of the PUSCH carrying no UCI; or

when a PRACH, a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) coexist, the SRS has a lowest priority.

6. A power allocation method, comprising:

determining, by an access network device, minimum guaranteed power information of channels carried by a first carrier; and

sending, by the access network device, in response to a sum of any of a first initial transmit powers and a second initial transmit power exceeding a maximum transmit power of a terminal, the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier to the terminal for obtaining, an available transmit power for channels that are transmitted in N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and an available transmit power of a channel that is transmitted in a second subframe and that is carried by a second carrier, based on a priority order between channels that are transmitted in M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier and based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier, the first initial transmit power comprises an initial transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in each of the M first subframes and that is carried by the first carrier, the second initial transmit power is an initial transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, the second subframe on the second carrier overlaps the N first subframes on the first carrier, the M first subframes are first M first subframes of the N first subframes, N is greater than M, M and N are positive integers, N is greater than 1, M is greater than or equal to 1, and the second subframe is longer than each of the N first subframes.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein sending, by the access network device, the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier comprises:

sending, by the access network device, higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling to the terminal on the first carrier or the second carrier, wherein the higher layer signaling or the physical layer signaling comprises the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a transmission subframe of the first signaling that is sent on the first carrier overlaps a transmission subframe of the second signaling that is sent on the second carrier, and the second signaling carries power allocation information of the channel that is carried by the second carrier in the second subframe.

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

sending, by the access network device, higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling to the terminal on the first carrier or the second carrier, wherein the higher layer signaling or the physical layer signaling comprises a priority order rule for determining the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier comprises at least one of a priority order between channel types, a priority order between uplink control information (UCI) carried by channels, or a priority order between carriers corresponding to channels.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the priority order between channel types comprises at least one of the following:

when there is a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH has a highest priority;

when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) coexist, a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of the PUSCH, or a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of a PUSCH carrying no UCI and is the same as a priority of a PUSCH carrying UCI;

when a PUSCH carrying UCI and a PUSCH carrying no UCI coexist, a priority of the PUSCH carrying UCI is higher than a priority of the PUSCH carrying no UCI; or

when a PRACH, a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) coexist, the SRS has a lowest priority.

12. A terminal, comprising:

a processor;

a receiver; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions that cause the terminal to:

determine a first initial transmit power and a second initial transmit power, wherein the first initial transmit power comprises an initial transmit power of a channel transmitted in each of M first subframes and carried by a first carrier, and the second initial transmit power is an initial transmit power of a channel transmitted in a second subframe and carried by a second carrier;

receive, via the receiver, minimum guaranteed power information of channels carried by the first carrier and that is sent by an access network device; and

obtain, in response to a sum of any of the first initial transmit powers and the second initial transmit power exceeding a maximum transmit power of the terminal, an available transmit power for channels that are transmitted in N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and an available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on a priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier and based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier, wherein the second subframe on the second carrier overlaps the N first subframes on the first carrier, the M first subframes are first M first subframes of the N first subframes, N is greater than M, M and N are positive integers, N is greater than 1, M is greater than or equal to 1, and the second subframe is longer than each of the N first subframes.

13. The terminal according to claim 12 wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain a minimum guaranteed power based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier;

obtain a first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and a second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, based on the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier; and

determine, based on the minimum guaranteed power and at least one of the first available transmit power or the second available transmit power, at least one of the available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier.

14. The terminal according to claim 13 wherein the processor is configured to:

reduce the first initial transmit power and the second initial transmit power based on the priority order, to respectively obtain the first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, wherein a sum of the first available transmit power for the channels that are transmitted in the N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the second available transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier is less than or equal to the maximum transmit power.

15. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier comprises at least one of a priority order between channel types, a priority order between uplink control information (UCI) carried by channels, or a priority order between carriers corresponding to channels.

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the priority order between channel types comprises at least one of the following:

when there is a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH has a highest priority;

when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) coexist, a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of the PUSCH, or a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of a PUSCH carrying no UCI and is the same as a priority of a PUSCH carrying UCI;

when a PUSCH carrying UCI and a PUSCH carrying no UCI coexist, a priority of the PUSCH carrying UCI is higher than a priority of the PUSCH carrying no UCI; or

when a PRACH, a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) coexist, the SRS has a lowest priority.

17. An access network device, comprising:

a processor;

a transmitter; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions that cause the network access device to:

determine minimum guaranteed power information of channels carried by a first carrier; and

send, via the transmitter, in response to a sum of any of a first initial transmit powers and a second initial transmit power exceeding a maximum transmit power of a terminal, the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier to a terminal for obtaining, an available transmit power for channels that are transmitted in N first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and an available transmit power of a channel that is transmitted in a second subframe and that is carried by a second carrier, based on a priority order between channels that are transmitted in M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier and based on the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier, the first initial transmit power comprises an initial transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in each of the M first subframes and that is carried by the first carrier, the second initial transmit power is an initial transmit power of the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier, the second subframe on the second carrier overlaps the N first subframes on the first carrier, the M first subframes are first M first subframes of the N first subframes, N is greater than M, M and N are positive integers, N is greater than 1, M is greater than or equal to 1, and the second subframe is longer than each of the N first subframes.

18. The access network device according to claim 17 , wherein the transmitter is configured to:

send higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling to the terminal on the first carrier or the second carrier, wherein the higher layer signaling or the physical layer signaling comprises the minimum guaranteed power information of the channels carried by the first carrier.

19. The access network device according to claim 18 , wherein a transmission subframe of the first signaling that is sent on the first carrier overlaps a transmission subframe of the second signaling that is sent on the second carrier, and the second signaling carries power allocation information of the channel that is carried by the second carrier in the second subframe.

20. The access network device according to claim 17 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

send higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling to the terminal on the first carrier or the second carrier, wherein the higher layer signaling or the physical layer signaling comprises a priority order rule for determining the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier.

21. The access network device according to claim 20 , wherein the priority order between the channels that are transmitted in the M first subframes and that are carried by the first carrier and the channel that is transmitted in the second subframe and that is carried by the second carrier comprises at least one of a priority order between channel types, a priority order between uplink control information (UCI) carried by channels, or a priority order between carriers corresponding to channels.

22. The access network device according to claim 21 , wherein the priority order between channel types comprises at least one of the following:

when there is a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH has a highest priority;

when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) coexist, a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of the PUSCH, or a priority of the PUCCH is higher than a priority of a PUSCH carrying no UCI and is the same as a priority of a PUSCH carrying UCI;

when a PUSCH carrying UCI and a PUSCH carrying no UCI coexist, a priority of the PUSCH carrying UCI is higher than a priority of the PUSCH carrying no UCI; or

when a PRACH, a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) coexist, the SRS has a lowest priority.