IP Library Granted Patent US 11,997,617
Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,617 · App. 16/763,610 · Granted May 28, 2024

Method and device for power headroom reporting in 5G NR

Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple (Great Neck, NY); Qing Li (Princeton Junction, NJ); Guodong Zhang (Woodbury, NY); Stephen E. Terry (Northport, NY); Allan Y. Tsai (Boonton, NJ)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W52/365H04L5/0092H04W52/367H04W72/0446H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,997,617
App. No.
16/763,610
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A number of power headroom solutions are disclosed, including but not limited to signaling of a bandwidth part (BWP) specific maximum outpower by a gNB to a UE, signaling of a beam specific maximum output power by the gNB to the UE, signaling by the UE to the gNB of the UE setting of BWP configured maximum transmit output power, signaling by the UE to the gNB of the UE setting of beam or group of beam configured maximum transmit output power, signaling by the UE to the gNB of BWP specific power headroom report, signaling by the UE to the gNB of beam or group of beam specific power headroom report and rules for power headroom reporting when the UE has overlapping resource grants.

Claims (29)

1. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving power headroom control information;

determining, based on the power headroom control information, that one or more conditions for generating a power headroom report have been met;

generating, based on the determination that the one or more conditions for generating the power headroom report have been met, a beam-based power headroom report comprising one or more beam specific power headrooms of the serving cell; and

reporting the beam-based power headroom report, wherein the beam-based power headroom is reported as a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) identified by a MAC packet data unit subheader with a logical channel identifier that is specific to power headroom reporting,

wherein the MAC CE has variable size,

the MAC CE comprises a Type 2 power headroom (PH) field and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported, and

the MAC CE comprises a Type 1 PH field and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE further comprises an octet with the Type x PH field, wherein x is equal to 1 or 3, and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions for generating beam-based power headroom report have been met further comprises determining a threshold path loss dB change associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell of a MAC entity with configured uplink is activated.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE is used to report up to 7 serving cells or component carriers.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more conditions for generating beam-based power headroom report have been met further comprises determining a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell of a medium access control (MAC) entity with configured uplink is activated.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the MAC control element is an extended MAC control element.

7. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the WTRU to perform operations comprising:

receive power headroom control information;

determine, based on the power headroom control information, that one or more conditions for generating a power headroom report have been met;

generate, based on the determination that the one or more conditions for generating the power headroom report have been met, a beam-based power headroom report comprising one or more beam specific power headrooms of the serving cell; and

report the beam-based power headroom report, wherein the beam-based power headroom is reported as a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) identified by a MAC packet data unit subheader with a logical channel identifier that is specific to power headroom reporting,

wherein the MAC CE has variable size,

the MAC CE comprises a Type 2 power headroom (PH) field and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported, and

the MAC CE comprises a Type 1 PH field and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported.

8. The WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the MAC CE further comprises an octet with the Type x PH field, wherein x is equal to 1 or 3, and an octet comprising the associated P CMAX field, if reported.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein:

the one or more conditions for generating beam-based power headroom report have been met further comprises:

a threshold path loss dB change associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB); and

a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell of a MAC entity with configured uplink is activated.

10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the PHR MAC CE is used to report up to 7 serving cells or component carriers.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more conditions for generating beam-based power headroom report have been met further comprises determining a bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell of a medium access control (MAC) entity with configured uplink is activated.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the MAC control element is an extended MAC control element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059821/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: ADJAKPLE, PASCAL M.; LI, QING; ZHANG, GUODONG; TERRY, STEPHEN E.; TSAI, ALLAN Y.
To: CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC
Reel/Frame 052646/0818 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62586593 · Nov 15, 2017
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