Methods and systems of power control for uplink transmission
A method for power control for uplink transmission is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a user equipment (UE) for reference signal (RS) relationship specific uplink (UL) transmission power control includes transmitting, by the UE, a first UL signal according to a first power control set including at least one of a first target power, a second target power, a DL reference signal (RS) for pathloss estimation, a pathloss compensation factor, and a transmit power command (TPC). The first power control set is determined according to a first RS relationship between one first RS and a first UL signal.
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by an apparatus, configuration of a reference signal (RS) relationship between an RS and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the RS relationship associated with spatial information for the PUCCH, wherein the RS relationship is associated with a plurality of power control parameters comprising a target power, a pathloss, and a transmit power command (TPC);
determining, by the apparatus, a value of the target power in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining, by the apparatus, a value of the pathloss in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining, by the apparatus, a value of the TPC in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining, by the apparatus, an uplink transmission power based on the value of the target power, the value of the pathloss, and the value of the TPC; and
transmitting, by the apparatus to a base station, the PUCCH using the uplink transmission power.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the value of the pathloss comprises:
determining a downlink reference signal for pathloss estimation in accordance with the RS relationship; and
determining the value of the pathloss in accordance with the downlink reference signal.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a synchronization signal (SS) block.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration of the RS relationship is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the configuration of the RS relationship includes RS information that comprises information of one of a synchronization signal (SS) block, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS),
wherein the determining the value of the target power includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the target power in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship,
wherein the determining the value of the pathloss includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the pathloss in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship, and
wherein the determining the value of the TPC includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the TPC in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target power comprises a user equipment specific target power.
8. An apparatus, comprising:
a non-transitory memory comprising instructions; and
one or more processors in communications with the non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining configuration of a reference signal (RS) relationship between an RS and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the RS relationship associated with spatial information for the PUCCH, wherein the RS relationship is associated with a plurality of power control parameters comprising a target power, a pathloss, and a transmit power command (TPC); determining a value of the target power in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining a value of the pathloss in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining a value of the TPC in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining an uplink transmission power based on the value of the target power, the value of the pathloss, and the value of the TPC; and
transmitting, to a base station, the PUCCH using the uplink transmission power.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the determining the value of the pathloss comprises:
determining a downlink reference signal for pathloss estimation in accordance with the RS relationship; and
determining the value of the pathloss in accordance with the downlink reference signal.
10. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a synchronization signal (SS) block.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).
12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the configuration of the RS relationship is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 ,
wherein the configuration of the RS relationship includes RS information that comprises information of one of a synchronization signal (SS) block, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS),
wherein the determining the value of the target power includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the target power in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship,
wherein the determining the value of the pathloss includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the pathloss in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship, and
wherein the determining the value of the TPC includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the TPC in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the target power comprises a user equipment specific target power.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining configuration of a reference signal (RS) relationship between an RS and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the RS relationship associated with spatial information for the PUCCH, wherein the RS relationship is associated with a plurality of power control parameters comprising a target power, a pathloss, and a transmit power command (TPC);
determining a value of the target power in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining a value of the pathloss in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining a value of the TPC in accordance with the RS relationship obtained by the apparatus;
determining an uplink transmission power based on the value of the target power, the value of the pathloss, and the value of the TPC; and
transmitting, to a base station, the PUCCH using the uplink transmission power.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the determining the value of the pathloss comprises:
determining a downlink reference signal for pathloss estimation in accordance with the RS relationship; and
determining the value of the pathloss in accordance with the downlink reference signal.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a synchronization signal (SS) block.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
performing a layer 3 filtering according to a filtering coefficient configured for pathloss estimation with a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the configuration of the RS relationship is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 ,
wherein the configuration of the RS relationship includes RS information that comprises information of one of a synchronization signal (SS) block, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS),
wherein the determining the value of the target power includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the target power in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship,
wherein the determining the value of the pathloss includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the pathloss in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship, and
wherein the determining the value of the TPC includes:
determining, by the apparatus, the value of the TPC in accordance with the information of the one of the SS block, the CSI-RS, or the SRS in the RS relationship.