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Granted Patent B2
US 8,977,312 · App. 13/203,471 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Method and device for controlling transmission power in uplink transmission

Inventors: Moon Il Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR); Hyun Soo Ko (Anyang-si, KR); Bin Chul Ihm (Anyang-si, KR); Yeong Hyeon Kwon (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W52/146H04B7/0691H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 8,977,312
App. No.
13/203,471
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment in wireless communication system is provided. The user equipment includes an antenna unit including a plurality of antennas, a control unit for grouping the plurality of antennas into a predetermined number of antenna groups and controlling separately transmission power of each of the predetermined number of antenna groups, and a transmitting unit, connected to the control unit, for transmitting at least one of data and control information to a base station via at least one of the predetermined number of antenna groups.

Claims (31)

1. A user equipment for supporting N component carriers through carrier aggregation, wherein N is larger than 1, the user equipment comprising:

a processor configured to determine a maximum transmission power PMAX, PUCCH of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a maximum transmission power PMAX, PUSCH of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) for a component carrier x among the N component carriers; and

a radio frequency (RF) unit coupled to the processor, the RF unit configured to transmit the PUCCH and the PUSCH simultaneously on the carrier x,

wherein the RF unit is further configured to receive, from a base station, control information associated with respective maximum allowed powers for the N component carriers,

wherein the maximum transmission powers PMAX, PUCCH and PMAX, PUSCH for the component carrier x are determined using a maximum allowed power PMAX, x for the component carrier x among the respective allowed maximum powers for the N component carriers, and

wherein the maximum transmission power PMAX,PUSCH is set to be ‘PMAX, PUCCH-PPUCCH’, where PPUCCH is a transmission power of the PUCCH.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine:

the transmission power PPUCCH of the PUCCH within the maximum transmission power PMAX, PUCCH; and

a transmission power PPUSCH of the PUSCH within the maximum transmission power PMAX, PUSCH.

3. The user equipment of claim 2 , wherein the RF unit is configured to transmit the PUCCH at the transmission power PPUCCH and the PUSCH at the transmission power PPUSCH on the component carrier x.

4. The user equipment of claim 3 , further comprising:

a plurality of antennas,

wherein the RF unit is further configured to receive information indicating one or more antennas of the plurality of antennas to be turned on and to transmit the PUCCH and the PUSCH through the indicated one or more antennas.

5. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

6. The user equipment of claim 2 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

7. The user equipment of claim 3 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

8. A method for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station at a user equipment that supports N component carriers through carrier aggregation, wherein N is larger than 1, the method comprising:

receiving control information associated with respective maximum allowed powers for the N component carriers;

determining a maximum transmission power PMAX, PUCCH of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a maximum transmission power PMAX, PUSCH of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) for the component carrier x using thousing a maximum allowed power PMAX,x for the component carrier x among the respective allowed maximum powers for the N component carriers; and

transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH simultaneously on the component carrier x;

wherein the maximum transmission power PMAX, PUSCH is set to be ‘PMAX, PUCCH-PPUCCH’, where PPUCCH is a transmission power of the PUCCH.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining the transmission power PPUCCH of the PUCCH within the maximum transmission power PMAX, PUCCH; and

determining a transmission power PPUSCH of the PUSCH within the maximum transmission power PMAX, PUSCH.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH comprises transmitting the PUCCH at the transmission power PPUCCH and the PUSCH at the transmission power PPUSCH on the component carrier x.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user equipment includes a plurality of antennas, the method further comprising:

receiving information indicating one or more antennas of the plurality of antennas to be turned on; and

transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH through the indicated one or more antennas.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the component carrier x is a primary component carrier among the N component carriers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2011
From: LEE, MOON IL; CHUNG, JAE HOON; KO, HYUN SOO; IHM, BIN CHUL; KWON, YEONG HYEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0015218 · Feb 19, 2010 · national
Continuity (8)
Provisional Application 61155493 · Feb 25, 2009
Provisional Application 61155519 · Feb 26, 2009
Provisional Application 61157863 · Mar 5, 2009
Provisional Application 61161420 · Mar 19, 2009
Provisional Application 61161414 · Mar 19, 2009
Provisional Application 61220511 · Jun 25, 2009
Provisional Application 61169699 · Apr 15, 2009
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