Granted Patent B2

US 12,513,626 · App. 17/858,427 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA)

Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

H04W52/242H04L5/0051H04W52/146H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (69)

1 . A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters, wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise:

a pathloss reference signal update parameter that enables an activation command to update pathloss reference signals of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and indicates:

a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets;

a plurality of pathloss reference signals for pathloss estimation of SRS transmissions; and

usages for the plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein each SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets is associated with a respective usage of the usages;

receive the activation command updating a pathloss reference signal, among the plurality of pathloss reference signals, for a first SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets; and

based on the activation command received, determine a second SRS resource set among the plurality of SRS resource sets;

update the pathloss reference signal for the second SRS resource set based on a first usage of the first SRS resource set and a second usage of the second SRS resource set being the same, wherein the first usage and the second usage are Antenna Switching, and not update the pathloss reference signal for a third SRS resource set among the plurality of SRS resource sets based on a third usage of the third SRS resource set being different from the first usage of the first SRS resource set;

determine a transmission power for a transport block of a Type 1 configured uplink grant based on the pathloss reference signal mapped to a sounding reference signal PUSCH (SRI-PUSCH) power control parameter set with index zero; and

transmit the transport block with the transmission power.

2 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise, for the configured uplink grant, a pathloss reference index indicating a third pathloss reference signal.

3 . The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to ignore the third pathloss reference signal indicated by the pathloss reference index by not determining the transmission power based on the third pathloss reference signal.

4 . The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the ignoring is based on the one or more configuration parameters comprising the pathloss reference signal update parameter.

5 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more second RRC messages comprising one or more second configuration parameters, wherein the one or more second configuration parameters:

comprise, for a second configured uplink grant, a second pathloss reference index indicating a second pathloss reference signal; and

do not comprise the pathloss reference signal update parameter;

in response to the one or more second configuration parameters not comprising the pathloss reference signal update parameter, determine a second transmission power for a second transport block of the second configured uplink grant based on the second pathloss reference signal; and

transmit the second transport block with the second transmission power.

6 . The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein the one or more second configuration parameters further comprise, for the second configured uplink grant, a second SRI.

7 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the pathloss reference signal update parameter enables an activation command to update pathloss reference signals used for uplink transmissions via an uplink channel.

8 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more configuration parameters indicate mapping between pathloss reference signals to SRI-PUSCH power control parameter sets; and

a number of the pathloss reference signals is greater than a maximum number of the pathloss reference signals tracked by the wireless device.

9 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

determine a second pathloss reference signal based on determining that a number of the plurality of pathloss reference signals indicated by a plurality of power control parameter sets is greater than a maximum number of pathloss reference signals tracked by the wireless device.

10 . A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters, wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise:

a pathloss reference signal update parameter that enables an activation command to update pathloss reference signals of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and indicates:

a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets;

a plurality of pathloss reference signals for pathloss estimation of SRS transmissions; and

usages for the plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein each SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets is associated with a respective usage of the usages;

transmit the activation command updating a pathloss reference signal, among the plurality of pathloss reference signals, for a first SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein the activation command is configured for the wireless device to: update the pathloss reference signal for a second SRS resource set based on a first usage of the first SRS resource set and a second usage of the second SRS resource set being the same, wherein the first usage and the second usage are Antenna Switching, and not update the pathloss reference signal for a third SRS resource set among the plurality of SRS resource sets based on a third usage of the third SRS resource set being different from the first usage of the first SRS resource set;

determine a transmission power used by the wireless device for a transport block of a Type 1 configured uplink grant based on the pathloss reference signal mapped to a sounding reference signal PUSCH (SRI-PUSCH) power control parameter set with index zero; and

receive, from the wireless device, the transport block with the transmission power.

11 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise, for the configured uplink grant, a pathloss reference index indicating a third pathloss reference signal.

12 . The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to ignore the third pathloss reference signal indicated by the pathloss reference index by not determining the transmission power used by the wireless device based on the third pathloss reference signal.

13 . The base station of claim 12 , wherein the ignoring is based on the one or more configuration parameters comprising the pathloss reference signal update parameter.

14 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:

transmit, to the wireless device, one or more second RRC messages comprising one or more second configuration parameters, wherein the one or more second configuration parameters:

comprise, for a second configured uplink grant, a second pathloss reference index indicating a second pathloss reference signal; and

do not comprise the pathloss reference signal update parameter;

in response to the one or more second configuration parameters not comprising the pathloss reference signal update parameter, determine a second transmission power used by the wireless device for a second transport block of the second configured uplink grant based on the second pathloss reference signal; and

receive, from the wireless device, the second transport block with the second transmission power.

15 . The base station of claim 14 , wherein the one or more second configuration parameters further comprise, for the second configured uplink grant, a second SRI.

16 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the pathloss reference signal update parameter enables an activation command to update pathloss reference signals used for uplink transmissions via an uplink channel.

17 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein:

the one or more configuration parameters indicate mapping between pathloss reference signals to SRI-PUSCH power control parameter sets; and

a number of the pathloss reference signals is greater than a maximum number of the pathloss reference signals tracked by the wireless device.

18 . A system comprising:

a base station comprising one or more first processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to:

transmit one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters, wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise:

a pathloss reference signal update parameter that enables an activation command to update pathloss reference signals of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and indicates:

a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets;

a plurality of pathloss reference signals for pathloss estimation of SRS transmissions; and

usages for the plurality of SRS resource sets, wherein each SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets is associated with a respective usage of the usages;

transmit the activation command updating a pathloss reference signal, among the plurality of pathloss reference signals, for a first SRS resource set of the plurality of SRS resource sets; and

a wireless device comprising one or more second processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from the base station, the one or more RRC messages comprising the one or more configuration parameters;

receive, from the base station, the activation command;

based on the activation command received, determine a second SRS resource set among the plurality of SRS resource sets; and

update the pathloss reference signal for the second SRS resource set based on a first usage of the first SRS resource set and a second usage of the second SRS resource set being the same, wherein the first usage and the second usage are Antenna Switching, and not update the pathloss reference signal for a third SRS resource set among the plurality of SRS resource sets based on a third usage of the third SRS resource set being different from the first usage of the first SRS resource set;

determine a transmission power for a transport block of a Type 1 configured uplink grant based on the pathloss reference signal mapped to a sounding reference signal PUSCH (SRI-PUSCH) power control parameter set with index zero; and

transmit, to the base station, the transport block with the transmission power.

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