IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,045
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,045 · App. 17/913,151 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Power reporting for integrated access and backhaul networks

Inventors: John Michael Kowalski (Vancouver, WA); Kazunari Yokomakura (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 12,376,045
App. No.
17/913,151
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node comprises a set of plural communication circuitries. Each communication circuitry of the set is configured to perform wireless communications with at one or plural other IAB nodes. The IAB node comprises processor circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain, from a configuration command, an indication whether to generate a power report pertaining to all communication circuitries of the set or a subset of the plural communication circuitries, and to generate the power report in accordance with the indication. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the power report to the parent IAB node.

Claims (9)

1. An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node comprising:

a plurality of communication circuitries, each communication circuitry of the plurality of communication circuitries being configured to perform wireless communications with one or more other IAB nodes;

processor circuitry configured to:

obtain an indication of transmission power of a distributed unit included in a configuration command received by one of the plurality of communication circuitries from a parent IAB node;

transmitter circuitry configured to determine the transmission power of the distributed unit of the IAB node; and

a mobile termination (MT) unit including functions of a user equipment (UE),

wherein

the transmission power of the distributed unit is received in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), and

a transmission power report of the distributed unit is transmitted to the parent IAB node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: KOWALSKI, JOHN MICHAEL; YOKOMAKURA, KAZUNARI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062241/0714 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63000739 · Mar 27, 2020
Related Publication 20230180147A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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