IP Library Granted Patent US 11,166,245
Granted Patent B2
US 11,166,245 · App. 16/881,812 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof

Inventors: Sang Bum Kim (Seoul, KR); Soeng Hun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Gert-Jan Van Lieshout (Staines, GB); Kyeong In Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/365H04W52/545H04W72/0413H04W52/228H04W88/06H04W88/08Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 11,166,245
App. No.
16/881,812
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for efficiently reporting user equipment (UE) are provided. A method of transmitting Power Headroom Report (PHR) of UE in a mobile communication system, includes configuring an evolved PHR including an indicator with respect of a variation factor of maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the evolved PHR to an eNB. An eNB may know maximum transmission power of an UE and a variation factor thereof to enable efficient scheduling.

Claims (53)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

identifying whether a power headroom report (PHR) is triggered; and

transmitting, to a base station, the PHR in case that the PHR is triggered,

wherein the PHR is triggered in case that a PHR prohibit timer expires or has expired, the UE has an uplink resources for a new transmission, a power backoff due to power management for any of activated serving cell has changed by more than a threshold since a last transmission of another PHR,

wherein, in case that the PHR is for single serving cell, the PHR includes a power headroom (PH) for the single serving cell and a maximum transmission power used to calculate the PH, and

wherein, in case that the PHR is for multiple serving cells, the PHR includes PHs for each of activated serving cells and information indicating whether the UE applies the power backoff due to power management.

2. The method of claim 1 , in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells:

wherein the PHR does not include information on a maximum transmission power for a first activated serving cell without a valid uplink grant, and

wherein the PHR further includes a maximum transmission power for a second activated serving cell with the valid uplink grant.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a lower bound of the maximum transmission power is determined based on power management.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, PHR configuration information including the threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR further includes bitmap information indicating a presence of PH per serving cells in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), power headroom report (PHR) configuration information; and

receiving, from the UE, a PHR in case that the PHR is triggered,

wherein the PHR is triggered in case that a PHR prohibit timer expires or has expired, the UE has an uplink resources for a new transmission, a power backoff due to power management for any of activated serving cell has changed by more than a threshold since a last transmission of another PHR,

wherein, in case that the PHR is for single serving cell, the PHR includes a power headroom (PH) for the single serving cell and a maximum transmission power used to calculate the PH, and

wherein, in case that the PHR is for multiple serving cells, the PHR includes PHs for each of activated serving cells and information indicating whether the UE applies the power backoff due to power management.

7. The method of claim 6 , in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells:

wherein the PHR does not include information on a maximum transmission power for a first activated serving cell without a valid uplink grant, and

wherein the PHR further includes a maximum transmission power for a second activated serving cell with the valid uplink grant.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein a lower bound of the maximum transmission power is determined based on power management.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the PHR configuration information includes the threshold.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the PHR further includes bitmap information indicating a presence of PH per serving cells in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells.

11. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

identify whether a power headroom report (PHR) is triggered, and

transmit, to a base station via the transceiver, the PHR in case that the PHR is triggered,

wherein the PHR is triggered in case that a PHR prohibit timer expires or has expired, the UE has an uplink resources for a new transmission, a power backoff due to power management for any of activated serving cell has changed by more than a threshold since a last transmission of another PHR,

wherein, in case that the PHR is for single serving cell, the PHR includes a power headroom (PH) for the single serving cell and a maximum transmission power used to calculate the PH, and

wherein, in case that the PHR is for multiple serving cells, the PHR includes PHs for each of activated serving cells and information indicating whether the UE applies the power backoff due to power management.

12. The UE of claim 11 , in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells:

wherein the PHR does not include information on a maximum transmission power for a first activated serving cell without a valid uplink grant, and

wherein the PHR further includes a maximum transmission power for a second activated serving cell with the valid uplink grant.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein a lower bound of the maximum transmission power is determined based on power management.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the base station via the transceiver, PHR configuration information including the threshold.

15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the PHR further includes bitmap information indicating a presence of PH per serving cells in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, power headroom report (PHR) configuration information, and

receive, from the UE via the transceiver, a PHR in case that the PHR is triggered,

wherein the PHR is triggered in case that a PHR prohibit timer expires or has expired, the UE has an uplink resources for a new transmission, a power backoff due to power management for any of activated serving cell has changed by more than a threshold since a last transmission of another PHR,

wherein, in case that the PHR is for single serving cell, the PHR includes a power headroom (PH) for the single serving cell and a maximum transmission power used to calculate the PH, and

wherein, in case that the PHR is for multiple serving cells, the PHR includes PHs for each of activated serving cells and information indicating whether the UE applies the power backoff due to power management.

17. The base station of claim 16 , in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells:

wherein the PHR does not include information on a maximum transmission power for a first activated serving cell without a valid uplink grant, and

wherein the PHR further includes a maximum transmission power for a second activated serving cell with the valid uplink grant.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein a lower bound of the maximum transmission power is determined based on power management.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the PHR configuration information includes the threshold.

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the PHR further includes bitmap information indicating a presence of PH per serving cells in case that the PHR is for the multiple serving cells.

Continuity (9)
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