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Granted Patent B2
US 11,395,275 · App. 17/063,070 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Multipoint transmission in wireless communication

Inventors: Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Ghyslain Pelletier (Montreal, CA); Diana Pani (Montreal, CA); J. Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA); Lujing Cai (Morganville, NJ)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W72/0413H04B7/024H04W52/146H04B7/0802H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 11,395,275
App. No.
17/063,070
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments contemplate wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmissions of different types of uplink channels and/or signals in a system deployment where multiple destination points may exist. Some embodiments contemplate that a WTRU may select the destination point of a transmission on a dynamic basis. In one or more systems where destination point selection from among multiple potential destination points may be possible for a WTRU transmission, some embodiments contemplate the determination of the handling of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions and for different power headroom reporting mechanisms. Embodiments also contemplate the reduction and/or inhibition of WTRU transmissions to destination points to which the WTRU may have lost connectivity.

Claims (26)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine a first subframe set and a second subframe set of a plurality of subframe sets, wherein the first subframe set is different from the second subframe set;

determine a first maximum transmit power associated with a first uplink subframe, and a second maximum transmit power associated with a second uplink subframe, wherein the first maximum transmit power is a first P CMAX (P CMAX,1 ) and the second maximum transmit power is a second P CMAX (P CMAX,2 ), and

determine a first partial path-loss compensation associated with the first subframe set and a second partial path-loss compensation associated with the second subframe set, wherein the first partial path-loss compensation is different from the second partial path-loss compensation; and

a transmitter communicatively coupled with the processor configured to:

transmit the first uplink subframe based on the first maximum transmit power and the first partial path-loss compensation for the first subframe set; and

transmit the second uplink subframe based on the second maximum transmit power and the second partial path-loss compensation for the second subframe set.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising a receiver communicatively coupled with the processor configured to receive configuration information indicating any of the first subframe set or the second subframe set.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the configuration information is associated with one or more transmit power control commands.

4. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the configuration information indicates a radio resource control configuration.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink subframe or the second uplink subframe is transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel transmission.

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

determining a first subframe set and a second subframe set of a plurality of subframe sets, wherein the first subframe set is different from the second subframe set;

determining a first maximum transmit power associated with a first uplink subframe, and a second maximum transmit power associated with a second uplink subframe, wherein the first maximum transmit power is a first P CMAX (P CMAX,1 ) and the second maximum transmit power is a second P CMAX (P CMAX,2 ),

determining a first partial path-loss compensation associated with the first subframe set and a second partial path-loss compensation associated with the second subframe set, wherein the first partial path-loss compensation is different from the second partial path-loss compensation;

transmitting the first uplink subframe based on the first maximum transmit power and the first partial path-loss compensation for the first subframe set; and

transmitting the second uplink subframe based on the second maximum transmit power and the second partial path-loss compensation for the second subframe set.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving configuration information indicating any of the first subframe set or the second subframe set.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the configuration information is associated with one or more transmit power control commands.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the configuration information indicates a radio resource control configuration.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first uplink subframe or the second uplink subframe is transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel transmission.

11. The WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising:

a receiver communicatively coupled with the processor configured to receive configuration information indicating 1) a first set of power control parameters associated with the first subframe set and 2) a second set of power control parameters associated with the second subframe set.

12. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving configuration information indicating: 1) a first set of power control parameters associated with the first subframe set and 2) a second set of power control parameters associated with the second subframe set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: MARINIER, PAUL; PELLETIER, GHYSLAIN; PANI, DIANA; TOOHER, J. PATRICK; CAI, LUJING
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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