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Granted Patent B2
US 11,617,136 · App. 17/143,864 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Non-terrestrial network power control based on HARQ retransmission on or off

Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang (San Diego, CA); Liangping Ma (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H04W52/146H04L1/1819H04L25/0226H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,617,136
App. No.
17/143,864
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A configuration to enable a UE to utilize uplink power control parameters for when HARQ retransmission or HARQ feedback is enabled or disabled. The apparatus may receive DCI from a base station. The DCI may indicate a HARQ process number and at least one of a first set of power control parameters for a first power control mode or a second set of power control parameters for a second power control mode. The apparatus may determine whether the first or the second power control mode is to be used. The apparatus may transmit information on a PUSCH based on the first set of power control parameters or the second set of power control parameters based on the determination whether the first or second power control mode is to be used.

Claims (48)

1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving at least one message indicating at least one of a first set of values corresponding to a set of power control parameters or a second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) associated with an SRI physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control (SRI-PUSCH-PowerControl) parameter of the set of power control parameters;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number; and

transmitting information using the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, said transmission being based on a HARQ configuration associated with the HARQ process number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of values is used to transmit the information if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein the second set of values is used to transmit the information if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of values is used to transmit the information if HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein the second set of values is used to transmit the information if HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a network, a respective at least one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters for each HARQ process of a set of HARQ processes configured for the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one SRI is associated with at least one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one SRI indicates the at least one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one value of the first set of values corresponding to at least one power control parameter of the set of power control parameters is equal to at least one value of the second set of values corresponding to the at least one power control parameter of the set of power control parameters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message further indicates a first P0 PUSCH Alpha Set (P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet) including the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters and also indicates a second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet including the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the DCI further indicates one of the first P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet or the second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet, and wherein the information is transmitted using the first set of values or the second set of values based on the indicated one of the first P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet or the second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters and the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters are configured at the UE without being received from a network, and the DCI indicates one of the first set of values or the second set of values is to be used for transmitting the information.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the information comprises:

transmitting a first signal on a first component carrier using one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, said transmission of the first signal being based on a first HARQ configuration associated with the first component carrier; and

transmitting a second signal on a second component carrier using one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, said transmission of the second signal being based on a second HARQ configuration associated with the second component carrier, the first signal and the second signal being transmitted concurrently in time,

wherein one of the first signal or the second signal is associated with a first priority that is higher than a second priority associated with the other one of the first signal or the second signal, the first priority being based on the first HARQ configuration and the second priority being based on the second HARQ configuration.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of power control parameters comprises at least one of an SRI PUSCH pathloss reference signal (RS) identifier (ID) (SRI-PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id), an SRI P0 PUSCH Alpha Set ID (SRI-P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId), or an SRI PUSCH Closed Loop Index (SRI-PUSCH-ClosedLoopIndex).

12. A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), at least one message indicating at least one of a first set of values corresponding to a set of power control parameters or a second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one sounding reference signals (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) associated with an SRI physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control (SRI-PUSCH-PowerControl) parameter of the set of power control parameters;

transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number; and

receiving, from the UE, a transmission of information associated with the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters based on a HARQ configuration associated with the HARQ process number.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first set of values is to be used if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein the second set of values is to be used if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first set of values is to be used if HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein the second set of values is to be used if HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one respective set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is configured for each HARQ process of a set of HARQ processes configured for the UE.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one SRI indicates the at least one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one value of the first set of values corresponding to at least one power control parameter of the set of power control parameters is equal to at least one value of the second set of values corresponding to the at least one power control parameter of the set of power control parameters.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one message configures a first P0 PUSCH Alpha Set (P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet) including the first set values corresponding to the set of power control parameters and a second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet including the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the DCI further indicates one of the first P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet or the second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet, and wherein the transmission of the information on the PUSCH is associated with one of the first P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet or the second P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters and the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters are pre-configured at the UE without being received from the base station, and the DCI indicates one of the first set of values or the second set of values is to be used by the UE when transmitting the information.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the set of power control parameters comprise at least one of an SRI PUSCH) pathloss reference signal (RS) identifier (ID) (SRI-PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id), an SRI P0 PUSCH Alpha Set ID (SRI-P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId), or an SRI PUSCH Closed Loop Index (SRI-PUSCH-ClosedLoopIndex).

21. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one transceiver;

a memory comprising instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the UE to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, at least one message indicating and at least one of a first set of values corresponding to a set of power control parameters or a second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one sounding reference signals (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) associated with an SRI physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control (SRI-PUSCH-PowerControl) parameter of the set of power control parameters;

receive, via the at least one transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, information using the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters based on a HARQ configuration associated with the HARQ process number.

22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is used to transmit the information if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is used to transmit the information if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

23. The UE of claim 21 , wherein at least one respective set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is configured by a network for each HARQ process of a set of HARQ processes configured for the UE.

24. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the at least one SRI indicates the at least one of the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters.

25. A base station, comprising:

at least one transceiver;

a memory comprising instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the base station to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the at least one transceiver, at least one message indicating at least one of a first set of values corresponding to a set of power control parameters or a second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one sounding reference signals (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) associated with an SRI physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control (SRI-PUSCH-PowerControl) parameter of the set of power control parameters;

transmit, to the UE via the at least one transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number; and

receive, from the UE via the at least one transceiver, a transmission of information associated with the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters or the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters based on a HARQ configuration associated with the HARQ process number.

26. The base station of claim 25 , wherein the DCI further indicates that the first set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is to be used if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is disabled by the HARQ configuration, and wherein DCI further indicates that the second set of values corresponding to the set of power control parameters is to be used if retransmission of HARQ feedback associated with the HARQ process number is enabled by the HARQ configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: WANG, XIAO FENG; MA, LIANGPING
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055149/0185 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62959867 · Jan 10, 2020
Related Publication 20210219241A1 · Jul 15, 2021
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