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US 10,237,832 · App. 13/982,542 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Mobile station and method for use in radio communication system

Inventors: Yuta Sagae (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Nishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Ishii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W52/18H04B1/3838H04W52/34H04W52/365H04W52/367H04W36/0072H04W36/24
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Patent No.
US 10,237,832
App. No.
13/982,542
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile station having a SAR backoff function including a SAR signaling receiving unit configured to receive a SAR signaling from a base station, the SAR signaling indicating that a SAR backoff is available, and a maximum transmit power determination unit configured to determine maximum transmit power of the mobile station depending on whether the SAR signaling receiving unit has received the SAR signaling, wherein in response to receiving the SAR signaling at the SAR signaling receiving unit, the maximum transmit power determination unit applies a power reduction factor associated with the SAR backoff to determine the maximum transmit power.

Claims (36)

1. A mobile station having a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) backoff function, comprising:

a receiver that receives broadcast information from a base station; and

a processor that:

determines whether a SAR backoff is available based on the broadcast information received from the base station, and

determines, after the mobile station performs a connection operation with the base station based on the broadcast information and after the processor determines whether the SAR backoff is available, a maximum transmit power of the mobile station,

wherein:

the processor determines whether the SAR backoff is available before the connection operation with the base station is performed,

the processor applies a power reduction factor P-MPR associated with the SAR backoff for each component carrier for carrier aggregation configured after the connection operation to determine a lower bound P cmax,c _ L of the maximum transmit power in accordance with P cmax, c _ L =Min{P EMAX −ΔT c , P PowerClass −MAX(MPR+A-MPR, P-MPR)−ΔT c }, and

P cmax, c _ L is the lower bound of the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, P EMAX is the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, ΔT c is an allowable reduction amount in use of a resource block in a band edge of the component carrier, P PowerClass is a maximum transmit power that should be provided to the mobile station, MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) is a first allowable power reduction amount determined based on the modulation scheme and a number of resource blocks, and A-MPR (Additional Maximum Power Reduction) is a second allowable power reduction amount to avoid interfering with an adjacent wireless communication system.

2. The mobile station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the broadcast information further includes a specified value of the power reduction factor associated with the SAR backoff, and the maximum transmit power determination unit applies the specified value of the power reduction factor to determine the maximum transmit power.

3. A method for use in a radio communication system including a mobile station having a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) backoff function and a base station wirelessly communicating to the mobile station, the method comprising:

the base station transmitting broadcast information to the mobile station;

the mobile station receiving the broadcast information from the base station;

the mobile station determining, after the mobile station performs a data connection operation with the base station based on the broadcast information, whether a SAR backoff is available based on the broadcast information received from the base station; and

the mobile station applying a power reduction factor P-MPR associated with the SAR backoff for each component carrier for carrier aggregation configured after the connection operation to determine a lower bound P cmax,c _ L of the maximum transmit power of the mobile station in accordance with P cmax, c _ L =Min{P EMAX −ΔT c , P PowerClass −MAX(MPR+A-MPR, P-MPR)−ΔT c },

wherein:

the processor determines whether the SAR backoff is available before the connection operation with the base station is performed, and

P cmax, c _ L is the lower bound of the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, P EMAX is the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, ΔT c is an allowable reduction amount in use of a resource block in a band edge of the component carrier, P PowerClass is a maximum transmit power that should be provided to the mobile station, MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) is a first allowable power reduction amount determined based on the modulation scheme and a number of resource blocks, and A-MPR (Additional Maximum Power Reduction) is a second allowable power reduction amount to avoid interfering with an adjacent wireless communication system.

4. A mobile station having a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) backoff function, comprising:

a receiver that receives broadcast information from a base station; and

a processor that:

determines whether a SAR backoff is available based on a country code in the broadcast information from the base station, and

determines, after the mobile station performs a connection operation with the base station based on the broadcast information, a maximum transmit power of the mobile station,

wherein:

the processor determines whether the SAR backoff is available before the connection operation with the base station is performed,

the processor applies a power reduction factor P-MPR associated with the SAR backoff for each component carrier for carrier aggregation configured after the connection operation to determine a lower bound P cmax,c _ L of the maximum transmit power in accordance with P cmax, c _ L =Min{P EMAX −ΔT c , P PowerClass −MAX(MPR+A-MPR, P-MPR)−ΔT c }, and

P cmax, c _ L is the lower bound of the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, P EMAX is the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, ΔT c is an allowable reduction amount in use of a resource block in a band edge of the component carrier, P PowerClass is a maximum transmit power that should be provided to the mobile station, MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) is a first allowable power reduction amount determined based on the modulation scheme and a number of resource blocks, and A-MPR (Additional Maximum Power Reduction) is a second allowable power reduction amount to avoid interfering with an adjacent wireless communication system.

5. The mobile station as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the broadcast information further includes a specified value of the power reduction factor applied in countries or regions associated with country codes, and the maximum transmit power determination unit applies the specified value of the power reduction factor to determine the maximum transmit power.

6. A method for use in a radio communication system including a mobile station having a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) backoff function and a base station wirelessly communicating to the mobile station, the method comprising:

the base station transmitting broadcast information to the mobile station;

the mobile station receiving the broadcast information from the base station;

the mobile station determining, after the mobile station performs a connection operation with the base station based on the broadcast information, whether a SAR backoff is available based on a country code in the broadcast information; and

the mobile station applying a power reduction factor P-MPR associated with the SAR backoff for each component carrier for carrier aggregation configured after the connection operation to determine a lower bound P cmax, c _ L of the maximum transmit power of the mobile station in accordance with P cmax, c _ L =Min{P EMAX −ΔT c , P PowerClass −MAX(MPR+A-MPR, P-MPR)−ΔT c },

wherein:

the processor determines whether the SAR backoff is available before the connection operation with the base station is performed, and

P cmax, c _ L is the lower bound of the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, P EMAX is the maximum transmit power for the component carrier, ΔT c is an allowable reduction amount in use of a resource block in a band edge of the component carrier, P PowerClass is a maximum transmit power that should be provided to the mobile station, MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) is a first allowable power reduction amount determined based on the modulation scheme and a number of resource blocks, and A-MPR (Additional Maximum Power Reduction) is a second allowable power reduction amount to avoid interfering with an adjacent wireless communication system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: SAGAE, YUTA; NISHIKAWA, DAISUKE; ISHII, HIROYUKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 030905/0889 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-080202 · Mar 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130310105A1 · Nov 21, 2013