Granted Patent B2

US 12,490,202 · App. 17/999,764 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Inventors: Fang Yuan (Beijing, CN); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W52/346H04W52/146H04W52/281H04W52/367

Abstract

Claims (83)

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

determining that a multi-panel uplink transmission is to be performed by the UE, the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least a first transmit panel and a second transmit panel of the UE;

identifying a priority order for performing uplink transmissions of the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE, the priority order including priority levels associated with the first transmit panel and the second transmit panel;

identifying an available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission;

performing, according to the priority order, the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least the first transmit panel at a first transmit power and the second transmit panel at a second transmit power, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the available transmit power;

receiving a configuration signal indicating a first available transmit power for the first transmit panel and a second available transmit power for the second transmit panel, the first transmit power based at least in part on the first available transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the second available transmit power, and the available transmit power comprising the first available transmit power and the second available transmit power; and

determining that the first transmit power exceeds the first available transmit power for the first transmit panel;

identifying that a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for a second uplink transmission on the first transmit panel; and

transmitting the first transmission type of the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel and dropping the second uplink transmission on the first transmit panel.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration signal is received in a transmission from a base station to the UE or a signal transmitted from an upper layer of the UE to a lower layer of the UE.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration signal indicating a shared available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least part on the shared available transmit power, the available transmit power comprising the shared available transmit power.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

transmitting, based at least in part on the shared available transmit power, a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the first transmit panel using the first transmit power and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the second transmit panel using the second transmit power.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the priority order, that a first priority of the first transmit panel is a higher priority than a second priority of the second transmit panel, wherein the prioritizing is based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmit panel being a higher priority than the second priority of the second transmit panel.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

identifying a first identifier for the first transmit panel and a second identifier for the second transmit panel, wherein the prioritizing of the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel is based at least in part on the first identifier for the first transmit panel being associated with a higher priority than the second identifier for the second transmit panel.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel that is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for a first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmission type being a higher priority than the second priority of the second transmission type.

8 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration signal is received in a transmission from a base station to the UE or a signal transmitted from an upper layer of the UE to a lower layer of the UE.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, based at least in part on the priority order, a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the first transmit panel using the first transmit power and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the second transmit panel using the second transmit power.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of the first uplink transmission that is a higher priority than a second priority of the second uplink transmission, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first uplink transmission and the second priority of the second uplink transmission.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

identifying a first identifier for the first transmit panel that is associated with a first priority and a second identifier for the second transmit panel that is associated with a second priority, the first priority being a higher priority than the second priority;

identifying a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel and a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission on the second transmit panel, the first transmission type associated with a lower priority than the second transmission type; and

transmitting, based at least in part on the lower priority of the second transmission type, the second transmission type for the second uplink transmission on the second transmit panel and dropping the first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission that is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmission type and the second priority of the second transmission type.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

identifying a first identifier for the first transmit panel that is associated with a first priority and a second identifier for the second transmit panel that is associated with a second priority, the first priority being a higher priority than the second priority;

identifying a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel and a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission on the second transmit panel, the first transmission type associated with a lower priority than the second transmission type; and

transmitting, based at least in part on the lower priority of the second transmission type, the second transmission type for the second uplink transmission on the second transmit panel and dropping the first transmission type for the first uplink transmission on the first transmit panel.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-panel uplink transmission comprises one or more of a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, or a combination thereof.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the PUCCH transmission indicates at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat/request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, a scheduling request (SR), a channel state information (CSI), a long-range radar (LRR) information, of a combination thereof, and the PUSCH transmission comprises at least of the CSI, the HARQ-ACK information, or a combination thereof.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the multi-panel uplink transmission comprises:

transmitting a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission using the first transmit panel of the UE and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission using the second transmit panel of the UE.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the multi-panel uplink transmission comprises:

receiving a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission using the first transmit panel of the UE and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission using the second transmit panel of the UE.

18 . A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

determining that a multi-panel uplink transmission is to be performed to the base station from a user equipment (UE), the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least a first transmit panel and a second transmit panel of the UE;

identifying a priority order for the UE to use for performing uplink transmissions of the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE, the priority order including priority levels associated with the first transmit panel and the second transmit panel;

identifying an available transmit power of the UE for the multi-panel uplink transmission;

identifying, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission that is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmission type and the second priority of the second transmission type; and

receiving, according to the priority order, the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE using at least the first transmit panel at a first transmit power and the second transmit panel at a second transmit power, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the available transmit power.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

transmitting a configuration signal indicating a first available transmit power for the first transmit panel and a second available transmit power for the second transmit panel, the first transmit power based at least in part on the first available transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the second available transmit power, and the available transmit power comprising the first available transmit power and the second available transmit power.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

transmitting a configuration signal indicating a shared available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least part on the shared available transmit power, the available transmit power comprising the shared available transmit power.

21 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving, based at least in part on the priority order, a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the first transmit panel using the first transmit power and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the second transmit panel using the second transmit power.

22 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that a multi-panel uplink transmission is to be performed by the UE, the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least a first transmit panel and a second transmit panel of the UE;

identify a priority order for performing uplink transmissions of the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE, the priority order including priority levels associated with the first transmit panel and the second transmit panel;

identify an available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission;

identify, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission that is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmission type and the second priority of the second transmission type; and

perform, according to the priority order, the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least the first transmit panel at a first transmit power and the second transmit panel at a second transmit power, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the available transmit power.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration signal indicating a first available transmit power for the first transmit panel and a second available transmit power for the second transmit panel, the first transmit power based at least in part on the first available transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the second available transmit power, and the available transmit power comprising the first available transmit power and the second available transmit power.

24 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration signal indicating a shared available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least part on the shared available transmit power, the available transmit power comprising the shared available transmit power.

25 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, based at least in part on the priority order, a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the first transmit panel using the first transmit power and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the second transmit panel using the second transmit power.

26 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that a multi-panel uplink transmission is to be performed to the base station from a user equipment (UE), the multi-panel uplink transmission using at least a first transmit panel and a second transmit panel of the UE;

identify a priority order for the UE to use for performing uplink transmissions of the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE, the priority order including priority levels associated with the first transmit panel and the second transmit panel;

identify an available transmit power of the UE for the multi-panel uplink transmission;

identify, based at least in part on the priority order, a first priority of a first transmission type for the first uplink transmission that is a higher priority than a second priority of a second transmission type for the second uplink transmission, the prioritizing based at least in part on the first priority of the first transmission type and the second priority of the second transmission type; and

receive, according to the priority order, the multi-panel uplink transmission from the UE using at least the first transmit panel at a first transmit power and the second transmit panel at a second transmit power, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the available transmit power.

27 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a configuration signal indicating a first available transmit power for the first transmit panel and a second available transmit power for the second transmit panel, the first transmit power based at least in part on the first available transmit power and the second transmit power based at least in part on the second available transmit power, and the available transmit power comprising the first available transmit power and the second available transmit power.

28 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a configuration signal indicating a shared available transmit power for the multi-panel uplink transmission, the first transmit power and the second transmit power based at least part on the shared available transmit power, the available transmit power comprising the shared available transmit power.

29 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, based at least in part on the priority order, a first uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the first transmit panel using the first transmit power and a second uplink transmission of the multi-panel uplink transmission on the second transmit panel using the second transmit power.

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