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US 10,250,368 · App. 15/634,663 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Method for controlling uplink transmission power and wireless device using same

Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Suck Chel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Yun Jung Yi (Anyang-si, KR); Dong Youn Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0048H04B17/318H04L5/005H04L5/0037H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04L27/2601H04W52/146H04W52/16H04W52/32H04W52/325H04W52/367H04W56/0005H04W56/0045H04W72/0413H04W72/0446H04W74/0833H04W4/00
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Patent No.
US 10,250,368
App. No.
15/634,663
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), whether the first uplink signal to be transmitted toward a first cell belonging to a first timing advance group (TAG) at an n th subframe overlaps the second uplink signal to be transmitted toward a second cell belonging to a second TAG at an (n+1) st subframe; dropping, by the UE, the first uplink signal at the n th subframe, if a total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals exceeds a maximum transmit power, where n is an integer≥1; and transmitting the second uplink signal without the first uplink signal which is dropped.

Claims (42)

1. A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining, by a user equipment (UE), whether a first uplink signal to be transmitted toward a first cell belonging to a first timing advance group (TAG) at an n th subframe overlaps a second uplink signal to be transmitted toward a second cell belonging to a second TAG at an (n+1) st subframe;

dropping, by the UE. the first uplink signal at the n th subframe, if a total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals exceeds a maximum transmit power, where n is an integer≥1; and

transmitting the second uplink signal without the first uplink signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink signal to be transmitted toward the first cell includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a sounding reference signal (SRS), and

wherein the second uplink signal to be transmitted toward the second cell includes at least one of a PUCCH, a PUSCH and an SRS.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

if the first uplink signal corresponds to a sounding reference signal (SRS) and the second uplink signal corresponds to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), determining that the SRS is dropped at the n th subframe.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a first timing advance to the first cell belonging the first TAG to adjust uplink timing; and

applying a second timing advance to the second cell belonging the second TAG.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving information about a first time alignment timer (TAT) for the first TAG and information about a second TAT for the second TAG;

receiving a timing advance command for a first group; and

starting or restarting the first TAT upon applying the timing advance command.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the timing advance command is received at an (n−6) th subframe and the timing advance command is applied at the n th subframe.

7. The method of claim l, wherein an overlapped portion between the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal includes a part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the first and second uplink signals are transmitted if the determined total transmission power does not exceed the maximum transmit power.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising;

calculating the total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals.

10. A user equipment (UE) for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive radio signals; and

a processor operatively coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

determine whether a first uplink signal to be transmitted toward a first cell belonging to a first timing advance group (TAG) at an n th subframe overlaps a second uplink signal to be transmitted toward a second cell belonging to a second TAG at an (n+1) st subframe;

drop the first uplink signal at the n th subframe, if a total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals exceeds a m urn transmit power, where n is an integer≥1; and

transmit the second uplink signal without the first uplink signal.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first uplink signal to be transmitted toward the first cell includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a sounding reference signal (SRS), and

wherein the second uplink signal to be transmitted toward the second cell includes at least one of a PUCCH, a PUSCH and an SRS.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

if the first uplink signal corresponds to a sounding reference signal (SRS) and the second uplink signal corresponds to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), determine that the SRS is dropped at the n th subframe.

13. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

apply a first timing advance to the first cell belonging the first TAG to adjust uplink timing; and

apply a second timing advance to the second cell belonging the second TAG.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive information about a first time alignment timer (TAT) for the first TAG and information about a second TAT for the second TAG;

receive a timing advance command for a first group; and

start or restart the first TAT upon applying the timing advance command.

15. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the timing advance command is received at an (n−6) th subframe and the timing advance command is applied at the n th subframe.

16. The UE of claim 10 , wherein an overlapped portion between the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal includes a part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

17. The UE of claim 10 , wherein both the first and second uplink signals are transmitted if the determined total transmission power does not exceed the maximum transmit power.

18. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate the total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals.

Continuity (13)
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