IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,079
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,079 · App. 18/000,252 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Power mode distinction

Inventors: Siyi Chen (Beijing, CN); Changlong Xu (Beijing, CN); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN); Rajat Prakash (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/18H04W52/146
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Patent No.
US 12,349,079
App. No.
18/000,252
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a power mode of a base station based at least in part on a control resource set (e.g., CORESET0) configuration index received in a master information block from the base station and transmit communications to the base station with a transmit power that is based at least in part on the power mode of the base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (41)

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

determining a power mode of a base station based at least in part on a control resource set (CORESET) configuration index received in a master information block from the base station; and

transmitting communications to the base station with a transmit power that is based at least in part on the power mode of the base station.

2. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

determine a power mode of a base station based at least in part on a control resource set (CORESET) configuration index received in a master information block from the base station; and

transmit communications to the base station with a transmit power that is based at least in part on the power mode of the base station.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the CORESET configuration index includes a CORESET0 configuration index.

4. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to:

determine a bandwidth part (BWP) size for the UE based at least in part on the CORESET configuration index; and

determine the power mode based at least in part on the BWP size.

5. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to determine the power mode to be a standard power mode based at least in part on the CORESET configuration index being in a lower set of CORESET configuration indices.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the lower set of CORESET configuration indices includes indices 0 through 7.

7. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to determine the power mode to be a low power mode based at least in part on the CORESET configuration index being in an upper set of CORESET configuration indices.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the upper set of CORESET configuration indices includes indices 8 through 15.

9. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the communications, are configured to reduce the transmit power of the UE based at least in part on the base station being in a low power mode.

10. A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

determine a control resource set (CORESET) configuration index for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a power mode of the base station; and

transmit the CORESET configuration index to the UE in a master information block.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the CORESET configuration index includes a CORESET0 configuration index.

12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the CORESET configuration index corresponds to a bandwidth part (BWP) size for the UE.

13. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the CORESET configuration index, are configured to select the CORESET configuration index from a lower set of CORESET configuration indices based at least in part on the base station being in a standard power mode.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the lower set of CORESET configuration indices includes indices 0 through 7.

15. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the CORESET configuration index, are configured to select the CORESET configuration index from an upper set of CORESET configuration indices based at least in part on the base station being in a low power mode.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the upper set of CORESET configuration indices includes indices 8 through 15.

17. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive communications from the UE at a reduced transmit power based at least in part on the power mode of the base station being in a low power mode.

18. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

determine a power mode of a base station based at least in part on a frequency position of a synchronization signal block (SSB); and

transmit communications with a transmit power that is based at least in part on the power mode of the base station.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to determine the frequency position of the SSB based at least in part on a global synchronization channel number (GSCN).

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to determine the power mode to be a low power mode based at least in part on a determination that a frequency position of the SSB corresponds to a calculation that is based at least in part on a starting frequency, an index derived from the GSCN, and a multiple of a raster offset frequency.

21. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the frequency position of the SSB is one raster offset frequency after an SSB position that indicates a standard power mode for the base station, and wherein the frequency position of the SSB for low power is 40 megahertz from another frequency position of the SSB for a low power mode.

22. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the frequency position of the SSB is at an opposite end of a 20 megahertz bandwidth part from an SSB position that indicates a standard power mode for the base station, and wherein the frequency position of the SSB for a low power mode is 40 megahertz from another frequency position of the SSB for a low power mode.

23. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the power mode, are configured to determine the power mode to be a low power mode based at least in part on a determination that a frequency position of the SSB corresponds to a calculation that is based at least in part on a starting frequency, a multiple of a raster offset frequency, and a fixed offset.

24. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a starting resource block (RB) based at least in part on a subcarrier spacing and an RB offset.

25. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the communications, are configured to reduce the transmit power of the UE based at least in part on the base station being in a low power mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: CHEN, SIYI; XU, CHANGLONG; SUN, JING; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; XU, HAO; PRAKASH, RAJAT
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062019/0083 →
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