Granted Patent B2

US 12,550,059 · App. 18/056,570 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl (San Diego, CA); Marwen Zorgui (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W52/0225H04W52/22

Abstract

Claims (78)

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

one or more memories; and

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

receive downlink control information conveying a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands;

determine a transmit power based at least in part on whether at least one TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, is received during a first power mode,

wherein the transmit power is based on:

an absolute value of a TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, when the TPC command is received during the first power mode, or

a summation of values corresponding to the plurality of TPC commands when all of the plurality of TPC commands are received during a second power mode; and

transmit a communication using the transmit power.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein a physical uplink shared channel for conveying the communication occurs during a period associated with the second power mode, wherein the second power mode is a network power saving mode.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the plurality of TPC commands, are configured to:

receive, during the first power mode, the TPC command after a first transmission occasion associated with the first power mode; and

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the communication using the transmit power, are configured to:

transmit the communication using the transmit power in a second transmission occasion associated with the second power mode.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the plurality of TPC commands, are configured to:

receive, during the first power mode, the TPC command; and

wherein the one or more processors, to determine the transmit power, are configured to:

determine the transmit power for a physical uplink shared channel transmission occasion for transmitting the communication during the second power mode using the absolute value of the TPC command based at least in part on the TPC command being received during the first power mode.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC accumulation values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC accumulation values, is based at least in part on the second power mode.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC absolute values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC absolute values, is based at least in part on the first power mode.

7 . A network node for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

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

transmit downlink control information conveying a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands; and

receive a communication using a transmit power,

wherein the transmit power is based at least in part on whether at least one TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, is transmitted during a first power mode, and

wherein the transmit power is based on:

an absolute value of a TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, when the TPC command is transmitted during the first power mode, or

a summation of values corresponding to the plurality of TPC commands when all of the plurality of TPC commands are transmitted during a second power mode.

8 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein a physical uplink shared channel for conveying the communication occurs during a period associated with the second power mode, wherein the second power mode is a network power saving mode.

9 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the plurality of TPC commands, are configured to:

transmit, during the first power mode, the TPC command after a first transmission occasion associated with the first power mode, and

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the communication using the transmit power, are configured to:

receive the communication in a second transmission occasion associated with the second power mode.

10 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the plurality of TPC commands, are configured to:

transmit, during the first power mode, the TPC command,

wherein the transmit power, for a physical uplink shared channel transmission occasion for receiving the communication during the second power mode, is determined using the absolute value of the TPC command based at least in part on the TPC command being transmitted during the first power mode.

11 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC accumulation values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC accumulation values, is based at least in part on the second power mode.

12 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC absolute values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC absolute values, is based at least in part on the first power mode.

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

receiving downlink control information conveying a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands;

determining a transmit power based at least in part on whether at least one TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, is received during a first power mode,

wherein the transmit power is based on:

an absolute value of a TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, when the TPC command is received during the first power mode, or

a summation of values corresponding to the plurality of TPC commands when all of the plurality of TPC commands are received during a second power mode; and

transmitting a communication using the transmit power.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a physical uplink shared channel for conveying the communication occurs during a period associated with the second power mode, wherein the second power mode is a network power saving mode.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the plurality of TPC commands comprises:

receiving, during the first power mode, the TPC command after a first transmission occasion associated with the first power mode; and

wherein the communication is transmitted in a second transmission occasion associated with the second power mode.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the plurality of TPC commands comprises:

receiving, during the first power mode, the TPC command; and

wherein determining the transmit power comprises:

determining the transmit power for a physical uplink shared channel transmission occasion for transmitting the communication during the second power mode using the absolute value of the TPC command based at least in part on the TPC command being received during the first power mode.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC accumulation values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC accumulation values, is based at least in part on the second power mode.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC absolute values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC absolute values, is based at least in part on the first power mode.

19 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:

transmitting downlink control information conveying a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands; and

receiving a communication using a transmit power,

wherein the transmit power is based at least in part on whether at least one TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, is transmitted during a first power mode, and

wherein the transmit power is based on:

an absolute value of a TPC command, of the plurality of TPC commands, when the TPC command is transmitted during the first power mode, or

a summation of values corresponding to the plurality of TPC commands when all of the plurality of TPC commands are transmitted during a second power mode.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein a physical uplink shared channel for conveying the communication occurs during a period associated with the second power mode, wherein the second power mode is a network power saving mode.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein transmitting the plurality of TPC commands comprises:

transmitting, during the first power mode, the TPC command after a first transmission occasion associated with the first power mode, and

wherein the communication is received in a second transmission occasion associated with a second power mode.

22 . The method of claim 19 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC accumulation values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC accumulation values, is based at least in part on the second power mode.

23 . The method of claim 19 , wherein a mapping of the plurality of TPC commands to a set of TPC absolute values, of a plurality of possible sets of TPC absolute values, is based at least in part on the first power mode.

24 . The method of claim 19 , wherein transmitting the plurality of TPC commands comprises:

transmitting, during the first power mode, the TPC command,

wherein the transmit power, for a physical uplink shared channel transmission occasion for receiving the communication during the second power mode, is determined using the absolute value of the TPC command based at least in part on the TPC command being transmitted during the first power mode.

25 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power is based on the absolute value of the TPC command when the TPC command is received during the first power mode and during an accumulation window for a physical uplink shared channel occasion occurring during the second power mode.

26 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the communication is a physical uplink control channel, physical random access channel (PRACH), or sounding reference signal (SRS) communication.

27 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein the transmit power is based on the absolute value of the TPC command when the TPC command is transmitted during the first power mode and during an accumulation window for a physical uplink shared channel occasion occurring during the second power mode.

28 . The network node of claim 7 , wherein the communication is a physical uplink control channel, physical random access channel (PRACH), or sounding reference signal (SRS) communication.

29 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmit power is based on the absolute value of the TPC command when the TPC command is received during the first power mode and during an accumulation window for a physical uplink shared channel occasion occurring during the second power mode.

30 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the transmit power is based on the absolute value of the TPC command when the TPC command is transmitted during the first power mode and during an accumulation window for a physical uplink shared channel occasion occurring during the second power mode.

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