IP Library Granted Patent US 8,521,209
Granted Patent B2
US 8,521,209 · App. 12/979,671 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Method and apparatus of power increase/decrease request of a user equipment using a plurality of frequencies in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Sun Hee Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Kyung Jun Lee (Seoul, KR); Seung June Yi (Seoul, KR); Sung Hoon Jung (Anyang-si, KR); Sung Duck Chun (Sungnam-si, KR); Sung Jun Park (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,521,209
App. No.
12/979,671
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of a power increase/decrease request of a user equipment in a wireless communication system using a plurality of frequencies is disclosed. The method of operating of a user equipment comprises receiving grants for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies from a base station; dividing a maximum power of the user equipment for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies in accordance with the received grants, and selecting a corresponding transport block for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies by considering the received grants; and comparing a remaining power of the user equipment to a power obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit a first transport block selected for a first uplink frequency from a power required to transmit a minimum transport block, which transmits more data than those of the first transport block.

Claims (25)

1. A method of operating of a user equipment in a wireless communication system using a plurality of uplink frequencies, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving grants for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies from a base station;

dividing a maximum power of the user equipment for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies in accordance with the received grants for each of the received uplink frequencies, and selecting a corresponding transport block for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies by considering the received grants; and

comparing a remaining power of the user equipment to a first subtraction power obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit a first transport block selected for a first uplink frequency from a power required to transmit a first minimum transport block, which transmits more data than those of the first transport block,

wherein the remaining power of the user equipment is obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit the selected corresponding transport block for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies from the maximum power of the user equipment.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting power increase for the first uplink frequency if the remaining power of the user equipment is more than the first subtraction power.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

requesting power increase for a second uplink frequency different from the first uplink frequency, if a second subtraction power obtained by subtracting the first subtraction power from the remaining power of the user equipment is more than a third subtraction power obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit a second transport block selected for a second uplink frequency from a power required to transmit the second minimum transport block, which transmits more data than those of the second transport block.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the power increase is requested using a bit.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting power maintenance for all of the plurality of uplink frequencies, if the remaining power of the user equipment is less than the first subtraction power.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uplink frequencies include a primary uplink frequency and a secondary uplink frequency, and the first uplink frequency is the secondary uplink frequency.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an extended transport format combination indicator (E-TFCI) is used to identify a size of at least one of the first transport block, the second transport block, the first minimum transport block and the second minimum transport block.

8. A user equipment in a wireless communication system using a plurality of uplink frequencies, the user equipment comprising:

an Rx module receiving grants for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies from a base station;

a processor dividing a maximum power of the user equipment for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies in accordance with the received grants for each of the received uplink frequencies, selecting a corresponding transport block for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies by considering the received grants, and comparing a remaining power of the user equipment to a first subtraction power obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit a first transport block selected for a first uplink frequency from a power required to transmit a first minimum transport block, which transmits more data than those of the first transport block,

wherein the remaining power of the user equipment is obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit the selected corresponding transport block for each of the plurality of uplink frequencies from the maximum power of the user equipment.

9. The user equipment as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:

a Tx module requesting power increase for the first uplink frequency to the base station, if the remaining power of the user equipment is more than the first subtraction power.

10. The user equipment as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the Tx module requests power increase for a second uplink frequency different from the first uplink frequency to the base station, if a second subtraction power obtained by subtracting the first subtraction power from the remaining power of the user equipment is more than a third subtraction power obtained by subtracting a power required to transmit a second transport block selected for a second uplink frequency from a power required to transmit the second minimum transport block, which transmits more data than those of the second transport block.

11. The user equipment as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the Tx module requests power maintenance for all of the plurality of uplink frequencies to the base station, if the remaining power of the user equipment is less than the first subtraction power.

12. The user equipment as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the power increase is requested using a bit.

13. The user equipment as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plurality of uplink frequencies include a primary uplink frequency and a secondary uplink frequency, and the first uplink frequency is the secondary uplink frequency.

14. The user equipment as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an extended transport format combination indicator (E-TFCI) is used to identify a size of at least one of the first transport block, the second transport block, the first minimum transport block and the second minimum transport block.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2019
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 051553/0668 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2010
From: KIM, SUN HEE; LEE, KYUNG JUN; YI, SEUNG JUNE; JUNG, SUNG HOON; CHUN, SUNG DUCK; PARK, SUNG JUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 025544/0553 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0098789 · Oct 11, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61294088 · Jan 11, 2010
Provisional Application 61294434 · Jan 12, 2010
Related Publication 20110171989A1 · Jul 14, 2011