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Granted Patent B2
US 10,206,183 · App. 15/641,637 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Method and apparatus for performing power headroom reporting procedure in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sung Jun Park (Anyang-si, KR); Sun Young Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Sung Hoon Jung (Anyang-si, KR); Young Dae Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Seung June Yi (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/365H04W52/04H04W72/04H04W72/0473H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,206,183
App. No.
15/641,637
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is provided for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a power headroom reporting (PHR) procedure in a wireless communication system. In a first PHR procedure, a first PHR is triggered, and it is determined that a first uplink (UL) resource cannot accommodate a PHR media access control (MAC) control element (CE) plus its subheader. The PHR MAC CE is not transmitted in the first PHR procedure and it is determined that the first PHR is not cancelled. Further, in a second PHR procedure, a second PHR is triggered, and it is determined that at least one PHR, including the first PHR and the second PHR, has been triggered and not cancelled. It is then determined that a second UL resource can accommodate a PHR MAC CE plus its subheader, and the PHR MAC CE is transmitted by using the second UL resource to an eNodeB (eNB).

Claims (31)

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a power headroom reporting (PHR) procedure in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

in a first PHR procedure:

triggering a first PHR; and

determining that a first uplink (UL) resource cannot accommodate a PHR media access control (MAC) control element (CE) plus its subheader, wherein the PHR MAC CE is not transmitted in the first PHR procedure and it is determined that the first PHR is not cancelled; and

in a second PHR procedure:

triggering a second PHR;

determining that at least one PHR, including the first PHR and the second PHR, has been triggered and not cancelled;

determining that a second UL resource can accommodate a PHR MAC CE plus its subheader; and

transmitting the PHR MAC CE by using the second UL resource to an eNodeB (eNB),

wherein the first PHR or the second PHR is triggered by reconfiguring a media access control (MAC)-MainConfig including PHR-Config, and

wherein the MAC-MainConfig is included in a handover command.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cancelling all triggered PHRs after transmitting the PHR MAC CE to the eNB.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE includes an R field which is a reserved bit, and a power headroom field indicating a power headroom level.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PHR MAC CE includes an extended PHR MAC CE.

5. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory;

a transmitter; and

a processor, coupled to the memory and the transmitter, that:

in a first PHR procedure:

triggers a first PHR, and

determines that a first uplink (UL) resource cannot accommodate a PHR media access control (MAC) control element (CE) plus its subheader, wherein the PHR MAC CE is not transmitted in the first PHR procedure and it is determined that the first PHR is not cancelled, and

in a second PHR procedure:

triggers a second PHR,

determines that at least one PHR, including the first PHR and the second PHR, has been triggered and not cancelled,

determines that a second UL resource can accommodate a PHR MAC CE plus its subheader, and

controls the transmitter to transmit the PHR MAC CE by using the second UL resource to an eNodeB (eNB),

wherein the first PHR or the second PHR is triggered by reconfiguring a media access control (MAC)-MainConfig including PHR-Config, and

wherein the MAC-MainConfig is included in a handover command.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the processor further cancels all triggered PHRs after transmitting the PHR MAC CE to the eNB.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the PHR MAC CE includes an R field which is a reserved bit, and a power headroom field indicating a power headroom level.

8. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the PHR MAC CE includes an extended PHR MAC CE.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 15180747 · Jun 13, 2016
Continuation 13890827 · May 9, 2013
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