IP Library Granted Patent US 11,284,357
Granted Patent B2
US 11,284,357 · App. 16/476,375 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Power headroom reporting for shortened transmission time intervals

Inventors: Jie Cui (Santa Clara, CA); Hong He (Sunnyvale, CA); Yang Tang (Pleasanton, CA); Yuan Zhu (Beijing, CN); Shuang Tian (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W52/365H04L5/001H04W52/225H04W52/367H04W72/0406H04W72/044
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,284,357
App. No.
16/476,375
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A UE may estimate the power headroom value when using shortened Transmission Time Intervals (sTTI). In one implementation, the power headroom value may be calculated based on an estimation of the UE transmission power over two or seven OFDM symbols. Alternatively or additionally, the power headroom value may be calculated based on an estimation of the UE transmission power over the period of an sTTI. Alternatively or additionally, the power headroom value may be calculated based on an average of the UE transmission power over multiple sTTI periods in a subframe. Alternatively or additionally, the power headroom value may be calculated based on a maximum or minimum of the UE transmission power measured over multiple sTTI periods in a subframe. Alternatively or additionally, the power headroom value may be calculated based on UE transmission power measured in the first or the last sTTI period in a subframe.

Claims (20)

1. A User Equipment (UE) apparatus including a computer-readable medium for storing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of the UE, cause the UE to:

select a first number of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols over which transmission power of the UE is to be determined, the selecting including

selecting the first number of OFDM symbols as the number of symbols in a shortened Transmission Time Interval (sTTI) when the UE is configured to use sTTIs, and

selecting the first number of OFDM symbols as the number of symbols in a subframe when the UE is not configured to use sTTIs;

determine a transmission power of the UE;

select a second number of OFDM symbols over which a power headroom value is to be derived;

derive the power headroom value based on the determined UE transmission power over the second number of OFDM symbols, wherein the second number of OFDM symbols is configured by the UE; and

control transmission of a power headroom report, that includes the power headroom value.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the UE is configured to use sTTIs, the selected second number of OFDM symbols in deriving the power headroom value is two OFDM symbols.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the UE is configured to use sTTIs, the selected second number of OFDM symbols in deriving the power headroom value is seven OFDM symbols.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the first number of OFDM symbols and the second number of OFDM symbols is the same number.

5. An apparatus including User Equipment (UE) comprising:

a computer-readable medium containing program instructions; and

one or more processors to execute the program instructions to:

determine a transmission power of the UE over a first number of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols that is less than a number of OFDM symbols in a subframe;

derive a power headroom value based on the determined UE transmission power over a second number of OFDM symbols, wherein the second number of OFDM symbols is configured by the UE; and

transmit a power headroom report that includes the power headroom value.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the power headroom value is estimated over a UE configured number of two consecutive OFDM symbols.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the power headroom value is estimated over a UE configured number of seven consecutive OFDM symbols.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first number of OFDM symbols and the second number of OFDM symbols is the same number.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: INTEL CORP.
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 063190/0660 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053455/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 053065/0627 →