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Granted Patent B2
US 11,109,322 · App. 16/542,344 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Systems and method of power control for uplink transmissions

Inventors: Zhengwei Gong (Ottawa, CA); Amine Maaref (Ottawa, CA); Yu Cao (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W52/146H04W52/08H04W52/242H04W72/1268
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Patent No.
US 11,109,322
App. No.
16/542,344
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods are disclosed that enable a user equipment (UE) to receive cell specific, UE specific and, in some embodiments, Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) specific parameters from a network side component, such as a transmit/receive point, and use that information to set at least one PUSCH transmit power when transmitting to the network side.

Claims (31)

1. A method for uplink transmissions, comprising:

acquiring, by a user equipment (UE), a power parameter specific to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

determining, by the UE, a pathloss value for the PUSCH in accordance with a downlink reference signal (DL RS) configuration, the DL RS configuration being associated with a resource index identifying an antenna port;

deriving, by the UE, a transmission power for the PUSCH in accordance with the power parameter and the pathloss value; and

transmitting, by the UE, the PUSCH on the antenna port at the transmission power.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a synchronization signal (SS) block configuration for reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, the SS block configuration indicating a SS block comprising a downlink synchronization signal, and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) for DL mobility measurement, or a CSI-RS for downlink beam management measurement.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a DL RS transmission power, or a PUSCH specific resource index.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power parameter includes at least one of: a pathloss parameter specific to the PUSCH, an initial target PUSCH power parameter specific to the PUSCH, or a closed-loop factor specific to the PUSCH.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the closed-loop factor is based on a transmit power control command or a transmission format indication.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power parameter comprises a common cell specific power parameter or a UE specific power parameter.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the common cell specific power parameter includes a cell specific initial target PUSCH power parameter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power parameter is represented as an offset from a common cell specific power parameter or a UE specific power parameter.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the power parameter comprises:

receiving, by the UE, the power parameter from a base station through a radio resource control message.

11. A device comprising:

at least one processor;

a computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor cause the device to:

acquire a power parameter specific to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

determine a pathloss value for the PUSCH in accordance with a downlink reference signal (DL RS) configuration, the DL RS configuration being associated with a resource index identifying an antenna port;

derive a transmission power for the PUSCH in accordance with the power parameter and the pathloss value; and

transmit the PUSCH on the antenna port at the transmission power.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a synchronization signal (SS) block configuration for reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, the SS block configuration indicating a SS block comprising a downlink synchronization signal, and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) for DL mobility measurement, or a CSI-RS for downlink beam management measurement.

14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the DL RS configuration comprises a DL RS transmission power, or a PUSCH specific resource index.

15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the power parameter includes at least one of: a pathloss parameter specific to the PUSCH, an initial target PUSCH power parameter specific to the PUSCH, or a closed-loop factor specific to the PUSCH.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the closed-loop factor is based on a transmit power control command or a transmission format indication.

17. The device of claim 11 , wherein the power parameter comprises a common cell specific power parameter or a UE specific power parameter.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the common cell specific power parameter includes a cell specific initial target PUSCH power parameter.

19. The device of claim 11 , wherein the power parameter is represented as an offset from a common cell specific power parameter or a UE specific power parameter.

20. The device of claim 11 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the device to acquire the power parameter comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to receive the power parameter from a base station through a radio resource control message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2019
From: GONG, ZHENGWEI; MAAREF, AMINE; CAO, YU
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTCN2018080134 · Mar 23, 2018
Provisional Application 62476707 · Mar 24, 2017
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