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Granted Patent B2
US 10,064,142 · App. 15/303,594 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

User apparatus and uplink transmission power information transmission method

Inventors: Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W52/146H04B7/024H04W52/34H04W52/365H04L5/0001H04W24/10H04W52/367H04W76/15H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 10,064,142
App. No.
15/303,594
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user apparatus in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation, including: a transmission trigger detection unit configured to detect a transmission trigger for transmitting uplink transmission power information in the user apparatus to the first base station or to the second base station; and an uplink transmission power information transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station based on a transmission trigger detected by the transmission trigger detection unit.

Claims (21)

1. A user apparatus in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation, comprising:

a transmission trigger detection unit configured to detect a transmission trigger for transmitting uplink transmission power information in the user apparatus to the first base station or to the second base station; and

an uplink transmission power information transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station based on a transmission trigger detected by the transmission trigger detection unit,

wherein the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that a first cell under the second base station is added in the user apparatus after a primary cell under the first base station is configured in the user apparatus.

2. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that a secondary cell under the first or the second base station is activated.

3. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that communication with the first base station changes to a discontinuous reception state, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the second base station, and

wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that communication with the second base station changes to a discontinuous reception state, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the first base station.

4. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the uplink transmission power information transmission unit checks configuration content of uplink transmission power information transmission in the user apparatus, and transmits the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station in accordance with the configuration content.

5. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that a predetermined period elapses after data of communication with the first base station runs out, or that a predetermined period elapses after data of communication with the second base station runs out.

6. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that communication with the first base station changes to a discontinuous reception state, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the second base station, and

wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that communication with the second base station changes to a discontinuous reception state, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the first base station.

7. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uplink transmission power information transmission unit checks configuration content of uplink transmission power information transmission in the user apparatus, and transmits the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station in accordance with the configuration content.

8. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that a predetermined period elapses after data of communication with the first base station runs out, or that a predetermined period elapses after data of communication with the second base station runs out.

9. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that radio quality between the user apparatus and the first base station changes, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the second base station, and

wherein, when the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, that radio quality between the user apparatus and the second base station changes, the uplink transmission power information transmission unit transmits the uplink transmission power information to the first base station.

10. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission trigger detection unit detects, as the transmission trigger, receiving an uplink transmission power information request from the first or the second base station.

11. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uplink transmission power information is a power headroom for each component carrier that the user apparatus uses.

12. An uplink transmission power information transmission method executed by a user apparatus in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation, comprising:

a transmission trigger detection step of detecting a transmission trigger for transmitting uplink transmission power information in the user apparatus to the first base station or to the second base station; and

an uplink transmission power information transmission step of transmitting the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station based on a transmission trigger detected by the transmission trigger detection step,

wherein the transmission trigger detection step, further comprises detecting, as the transmission trigger, that a first cell under the second base station is added in the user apparatus after a primary cell under the first base station is configured in the user apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2016
From: UCHINO, TOORU; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; TAKEDA, KAZUKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 040006/0521 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-086729 · Apr 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170034788A1 · Feb 2, 2017