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US 11,985,608 · App. 17/421,890 · Granted May 14, 2024

Power control method and apparatus, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Ke Yao (Guangdong, CN); Bo Gao (Guangdong, CN); Yu Ngok Li (Guangdong, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Guangdong, CN); Shengxiang Guo (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 11,985,608
App. No.
17/421,890
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a power control method and apparatus, and an electronic device, where the method includes: determining at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information; and sending the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information to a first communication node, where each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is related to a beam or a beam group.

Claims (68)

1. A power control method, comprising:

determining at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information; wherein the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is related to all or part of beams or beam groups in a predetermined beam set; and

sending the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information to a first communication node, wherein each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is related to a beam or a beam group.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information comprises at least one of:

power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) information;

actual maximum transmit power information; or

power headroom (PHR) information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is determined according to at least one of:

a transmission parameter; or

P-MPR information of the beam or the beam group corresponding to the each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein in response to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information being based on real transmission, determining the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information comprises at least one of:

determining, according to the beam or the beam group corresponding to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information, P-MPR information related to the beam or the beam group;

determining another maximum power reduction (MPR) amount other than a P-MPR amount according to a parameter of the real transmission, and determining actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group according to the another MPR amount and P-MPR information related to the beam or the beam group;

determining required power according to a parameter of the real transmission, and determining PHR information related to the beam or the beam group according to the required power and actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group; or

determining required power according to a parameter of the real transmission and the beam or the beam group corresponding to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information, and determining PHR information related to the beam or the beam group according to the required power and actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein in response to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information being based on virtual transmission, determining the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information comprises at least one of:

determining, according to the beam or the beam group corresponding to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information, P-MPR information related to the beam or the beam group;

determining another MPR amount other than a P-MPR amount according to a parameter of the virtual transmission, and determining actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group according to the another MPR amount and P-MPR information related to the beam or the beam group;

determining required power according to a parameter of the virtual transmission, and determining PHR information related to the beam or the beam group according to the required power and actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group; or

determining required power according to a parameter of the virtual transmission and the beam or the beam group corresponding to each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information, and determining PHR information related to the beam or the beam group according to the required power and actual maximum transmit power information related to the beam or the beam group.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined beam set comprises one of:

an uplink transmit beam candidate set;

a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource in an SRS resource set;

an SRS resource in an SRS resource set used for codebook-based transmission;

an SRS resource in an SRS resource set used for non-codebook-based transmission;

an SRS resource in an SRS resource set used for beam management; or

a spatial relation set configured for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the part of beams or beam groups in the predetermined beam set comprise at least one of:

a beam or a beam group, in the predetermined beam set, in which a maximum transmit power-related information value is greater than a first predetermined threshold;

a predetermined number of beams or beam groups in the predetermined beam set, wherein the beams or the beam groups have first maximum transmit power-related information values sorted from large to small; or

a beam or a beam group, in the predetermined beam set, in which a variation amount of a maximum transmit power-related information value is greater than a second predetermined threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information being related to the beam comprises one of:

each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information corresponds to one transmit beam;

each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information corresponds to a difference between maximum transmit power-related information of a reference transmit beam and maximum transmit power-related information of another transmit beam other than the reference transmit beam; or

one piece of maximum transmit power-related information corresponds to a reference transmit beam, and each of remaining pieces of maximum transmit power-related information other than the one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is a difference between maximum transmit power-related information of the reference transmit beam and maximum transmit power-related information of another transmit beam other than the reference transmit beam.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information in a case where at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

a difference between pieces of maximum transmit power-related information of beams or beam groups in the predetermined beam set is greater than a third predetermined threshold;

a variation amount of a piece of maximum transmit power-related information of a beam or a beam group in the predetermined beam set exceeds a fourth predetermined threshold;

a value of a piece of maximum transmit power-related information determined by a current transmission parameter exceeds a fifth predetermined threshold; or

a variation amount of a piece of maximum transmit power-related information determined by a current transmission parameter exceeds a sixth predetermined threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information to the first communication node comprises:

sending the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information to the first communication node via carrying the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information in a channel state information (CSI) report or PHR information.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam comprises one of: a spatial relation, a reference signal resource, a synchronization signal resource, an antenna port, an antenna panel, a filter or quasi co-location information.

12. A power control method, comprising:

determining required power of an uplink transmission and actual maximum transmit power of the uplink transmission;

determining maximum transmit power-related information according to the required power and the actual maximum transmit power;

sending the maximum transmit power-related information to a first communication node; and

adjusting power of the uplink transmission according to the required power and the actual maximum transmit power.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein adjusting the power of the uplink transmission according to the required power and the actual maximum transmit power comprises:

adjusting the power of the uplink transmission by raising a power class in a case where at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

the required power is greater than the actual maximum transmit power;

a current power class is not a highest power class;

the actual maximum transmit power is determined according to power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) information;

P-MPR information by which the actual maximum transmit power is determined is greater than a first preset value; or

P-MPR information by which the actual maximum transmit power is determined is higher by a second preset value than a sum of other maximum power reduction (MPR) items other than the P-MPR information by which the actual maximum transmit power is determined.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

in a case where at least one of the following conditions is satisfied, lowering a power class and taking the lowered power class as the maximum transmit power-related information:

a current power class is not a lowest power class;

the required power is lower than actual maximum transmit power corresponding to a power class lower than a current power class; or

a difference between the required power and actual maximum transmit power corresponding to a power class lower than a current power class is greater than a third preset value.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein sending the maximum transmit power-related information to the first communication node comprises:

sending the maximum transmit power-related information to the first communication node via carrying the maximum transmit power-related information in power headroom (PHR) information or a media access control control element (MAC CE); or

sending the maximum transmit power-related information to the first communication node via bearing the maximum transmit power-related information in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a form of uplink control information (UCI).

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the maximum transmit power-related information comprises one of: power class information or duration ratio information.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the power class information and the duration ratio information have a predefined association relationship.

18. An electronic device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has a computer program stored thereon, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program to perform:

determining at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information; wherein the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is related to all or part of beams or beam groups in a predetermined beam set; and

sending the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information to a first communication node, wherein each of the at least one piece of maximum transmit power-related information is related to a beam or a beam group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: YAO, KE; GAO, BO; LI, YU NGOK; LU, ZHAOHUA; GUO, SHENGXIANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056803/0185 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910028183.0 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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