Subband set dependent uplink power control

1. A method for wireless communications by a base station, comprising:

configuring a user equipment (UE) to use separate uplink power control (ULPC) processes for at least first and second subband sets, wherein configuring the UE comprises:

configuring the UE to apply a same open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set, and apply a different closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set; or

configuring the UE to apply a different open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set, and apply a same closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set; and

receiving uplink transmissions from the UE sent on the first and second subband sets in accordance with the separate ULPC processes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the ULPC processes provides power control over multiple subband sets.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the separate ULPC processes comprise:

a primary ULPC process; and

one or more secondary ULPC processes.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the ULPC processes involves closed loop power control (CLPC).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the ULPC processes involves open loop power control (OLPC).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a first closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration is applied to all subbands in the first subband set; and

a second CLPC configuration, different than the first CLPC configuration, is applied to all subbands in the second subband set.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a first open loop power control (OLPC) configuration is applied to all subbands in the first subband set; and

a second OLPC configuration, different than the first OLPC configuration, is applied to all subbands in the second subband set.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured with one or more of:

a first set of open loop power control (OLPC) parameters for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions with semi-persistent scheduling (SPS);

a second set of OLPC parameters for PUSCH transmissions without SPS;

a third set of OLPC parameters for PUCCH transmission; and

a fourth set of OLPC parameters for SRS transmission.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring the UE with one or more sets of subframes or sets of slots; and

wherein each ULPC process is applicable to at least one of the sets of subframes or sets of slots.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

at least one of the ULPC processes is applied to:

at least one of the set of subframes across one or more of the subband sets or

at least one of the set of slots across one or more of the subband sets.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein ULPC processes are applied to only certain types of uplink transmissions.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein ULPC processes are applied to sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions for configuring uplink operation, but not for SRS transmissions for configuring downlink operation.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting transmit power control (TPC) commands to the UE, each TPC command corresponding to a separate ULPC process.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein TPC commands for different ULPC processes are jointly coded.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein which ULPC process a TPC corresponds to is determined by at least one of: a timing or location of a downlink control information (DCI) resource.

16. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a base station, signaling configuring the UE to use separate uplink power control (ULPC) processes for at least first and second subband sets, wherein receiving signaling comprises receiving signaling that configures the UE to:

apply a same open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set, and apply a different closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set; or

apply a different open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set, and apply a same closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set; and

sending uplink transmissions on the first and second subband sets in accordance with the separate ULPC processes.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

at least one of the ULPC processes provides power control to multiple subband sets.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

a first closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration is applied to all subbands in the first subband set; and

a second CLPC configuration, different than the first CLPC configuration, is applied to all subbands in the second subband set.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the UE is configured with one or more sets of subframes or sets of slots; and

each ULPC process is applicable to at least one of the sets of subframes or sets of slots and at least one of the ULPC processes is applied to:

at least one of the set of subframes across one of more of the subband sets, or

at least one of the sets of slots across one or more of the subband sets.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

when the UE has an uplink transmission with a frequency span over two or more ULPC subbands, the UE transmits the uplink transmission using a reference ULPC subband set.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

when the UE has an uplink transmission with a frequency span over two or more ULPC subbands, the UE transmits the uplink transmission using the respective ULPC for each subband.

22. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

when the UE has an uplink transmission occurrence with a frequency span over two or more ULPC subbands, the UE treats the occurrence as an error event.

23. The method of claim 16 , wherein the UE is configured with:

a first set of open loop power control (OLPC) parameters for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions with semi-persistent scheduling (SPS); and

a second set of OLPC parameters for PUSCH transmissions without SPS.

24. The method of claim 16 , wherein the UE is configured with:

a first set of open loop power control (OLPC) parameters for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions with semi-persistent scheduling (SPS);

a second set of OLPC parameters for PUSCH transmissions without SPS;

a third set of OLPC parameters for PUCCH transmission; and

a fourth set of OLPC parameters for SRS transmission.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

configure a user equipment (UE) to use separate uplink power control (ULPC) processes for at least first and second subband sets, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

configure the UE to apply a same open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set, and apply a different closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set; or

configure the UE to apply a different open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set, and apply a same closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set; and

receive uplink transmissions from the UE sent on the first and second subband sets in accordance with the separate ULPC processes; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a base station, signaling configuring the UE to use separate uplink power control (ULPC) processes for at least first and second subband sets, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

apply a same open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set, and apply a different closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set; or

apply a different open loop power control (OLPC) configuration to each subband in the first subband set, and apply a same closed loop power control (CLPC) configuration to all subbands in the first subband set; and

send uplink transmissions on the first and second subband sets in accordance with the separate ULPC processes; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.