IP Library Granted Patent US 12,342,288
Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,288 · App. 18/646,328 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Control of terminal-requested power reduction

Inventors: Kun Zhao (Malmö, SE); Olof Zander (Södra Sandby, SE); Rickard Ljung (Helsingborg, SE)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04W52/146H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 12,342,288
App. No.
18/646,328
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method, carried out in a radio terminal, for configuring uplink output power of radio transmission from the radio terminal, comprising determining a demand power reduction (P-MPR 1 ) based on a maximum power level associated with a first uplink duty cycle (UDC 1 ); transmitting, to a radio network node, an indication of the demand power reduction; receiving, from the network node, an indication of a target power reduction (P-MPR 2 ) associated with an actual uplink duty cycle (UDC 2 ); and configuring the output power based on the target power reduction.

Claims (40)

1. A method, carried out by a radio terminal, for configuring uplink output power of radio transmission from the radio terminal, comprising:

determining a first power reduction based on a maximum power level associated with a first uplink duty cycle;

transmitting, to a radio network node, an indication of the first power reduction;

receiving, from the radio network node, network scheduling indicative of a second uplink duty cycle to be used as actual uplink duty cycle, and of a second power reduction associated with the second uplink duty cycle; and

configuring the uplink output power based on the second power reduction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second power reduction is different from the first power reduction.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second power reduction is smaller than the first power reduction.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second power reduction is larger than the first power reduction.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the actual uplink duty cycle is different from the first uplink duty cycle.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising

transmitting spatial relation information for an uplink beam associated with said second power reduction.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a demand power reduction is carried out for each one of a plurality of uplink beams, wherein said indication of the demand power reduction indicates a power value for each of said plurality of uplink beams.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink duty cycle is previously assigned or configured by the network.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink duty cycle is a current uplink duty cycle, wherein the first power reduction is based on said current uplink duty cycle.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving an indicator which may be assessed by the radio terminal to correlate to a certain level of desired power reduction or power level.

11. A method, carried out by a radio network node, for configuring uplink output power of radio transmission from a radio terminal, comprising:

receiving, from the radio terminal, an indication of a first power reduction based on a maximum power level, associated with uplink transmission with a first uplink duty cycle;

scheduling uplink transmission from a wireless terminal in accordance with a second uplink duty cycle, to be used as actual uplink duty cycle; and

transmitting, to the radio terminal, network scheduling scheduled in accordance with the second uplink duty cycle, wherein the network scheduling is indicative of a second power reduction to apply by the radio terminal for configuring the output power.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second power reduction is different from the first power reduction.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second power reduction is smaller than the first power reduction.

14. The method of claim 11 , comprising

receiving spatial relation information for an uplink beam associated with said first power reduction.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein said indication of the demand power reduction indicates a power value for each of a plurality of uplink beams.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first uplink duty cycle is previously assigned or configured by the network.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first uplink duty cycle is a current uplink duty cycle, wherein the first power reduction is based on said current uplink duty cycle.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an indicator which may be assessed by the radio terminal to correlate to a certain level of desired power reduction or power level.

19. A radio terminal, comprising:

a radio transceiver,

logic unit configured to communicate data, via the radio transceiver, with a radio network node, wherein the logic unit is further configured to:

determine a first power reduction based on a maximum power level associated with a first uplink duty cycle;

transmit, to a radio network node, an indication of the first power reduction;

receive, from the radio network node, network scheduling indicative of a second uplink duty cycle to be used as actual uplink duty cycle, and of a second power reduction associated with the second uplink duty cycle; and

configure uplink output power of radio transmission from the radio terminal based on the second power reduction.

20. A radio network node, for configuring uplink output power of radio transmission from a radio terminal, comprising:

a radio transceiver,

logic unit configured to communicate data via the radio transceiver, wherein the logic unit is configured to:

receive, from the radio terminal, an indication of a first power reduction based on a maximum power level, associated with uplink transmission with a first uplink duty cycle;

schedule uplink transmission from a wireless terminal in accordance with a second uplink duty cycle, to be used as actual uplink duty cycle; and

transmit, to the radio terminal, network scheduling scheduled in accordance with the second uplink duty cycle, indicative of a second power reduction to apply by the radio terminal for configuring the output power.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: LJUNG, RICKARD; ZANDER, OLOF
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 067233/0110 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067233/0380 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: ZHAO, KUN
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067233/0415 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067240/0291 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1950523-9 · Apr 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17434743
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