IP Library Granted Patent US 11,997,616
Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,616 · App. 17/304,367 · Granted May 28, 2024

Methods and apparatus to facilitate managing multi-sim concurrent mode for co-banded or spectrum overlap carriers

Inventors: Thawatt Gopal (San Diego, CA); Qingxin Chen (San Diego, CA); Reza Shahidi (San Diego, CA); Francesco Gatta (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/346H04W52/146
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Patent No.
US 11,997,616
App. No.
17/304,367
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating managing multi-SIM concurrent mode for TDD co-banded or spectrum overlap carriers are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes estimating a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, where the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber. The example method also includes transmitting, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

Claims (48)

1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

estimating a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, wherein the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber; and

transmitting, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on

the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and

a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the uplink transmission at the transmit power when the transmit power is less than or equal to the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subscriber and the second subscriber are operating concurrently when at least one transmit chain of the first subscriber is active while at least one receive chain of the second subscriber is active.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first subscriber employs time division duplexing (TDD), the second subscriber employs TDD or frequency division duplexing (FDD), and the first subscriber and the second subscriber are either co-banded or overlap in spectrum.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein estimating the first subscriber maximum transmit power is based on a relationship between at least the second subscriber LNA input power threshold, an antenna isolation factor associated with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, or a front-end loss factor associated with the second subscriber.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second subscriber LNA input power threshold corresponds to an input power received at the LNA of the active second subscriber receive chain based on transmission by the active first subscriber transmit chain.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first subscriber is capable of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), and wherein the first subscriber maximum transmit power corresponds to each active transmit chain of the first subscriber.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the relationship further comprises a peak-to-average power ratio.

9. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for estimating a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, wherein the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber; and

means for transmitting, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on

the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and

a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for transmitting is further configured to transmit the uplink transmission at the transmit power when the transmit power is less than or equal to the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first subscriber and the second subscriber are operating concurrently when at least one transmit chain of the first subscriber is active while at least one receive chain of the second subscriber is active.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first subscriber employs time division duplexing (TDD), the second subscriber employs TDD or frequency division duplexing (FDD), and the first subscriber and the second subscriber are either co-banded or overlap in spectrum.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for estimating the first subscriber maximum transmit power is based on a relationship between at least the second subscriber LNA input power threshold, an antenna isolation factor associated with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, or a front-end loss factor associated with the second subscriber.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second subscriber LNA input power threshold corresponds to an input power received at the LNA of the active second subscriber receive chain based on transmission by the active first subscriber transmit chain.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first subscriber is capable of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), and wherein the first subscriber maximum transmit power corresponds to each active transmit chain of the first subscriber.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

estimate a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, wherein the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber; and

transmit, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on

the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and

a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the uplink transmission at the transmit power when the transmit power is less than or equal to the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first subscriber and the second subscriber are operating concurrently when at least one transmit chain of the first subscriber is active while at least one receive chain of the second subscriber is active.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first subscriber employs time division duplexing (TDD), the second subscriber employs TDD or frequency division duplexing (FDD), and the first subscriber and the second subscriber are either co-banded or overlap in spectrum.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to estimate the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on a relationship between at least the second subscriber LNA input power threshold, an antenna isolation factor associated with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, or a front-end loss factor associated with the second subscriber.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the second subscriber LNA input power threshold corresponds to an input power received at the LNA of the active second subscriber receive chain based on transmission by the active first subscriber transmit chain.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the first subscriber is capable of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), and wherein the first subscriber maximum transmit power corresponds to each active transmit chain of the first subscriber.

23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the relationship further comprises a peak-to-average power ratio.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

estimate a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, wherein the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber; and

transmit, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on

the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and

a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the code further causes the processor to transmit the uplink transmission at the transmit power when the transmit power is less than or equal to the first subscriber maximum transmit power.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the first subscriber and the second subscriber are operating concurrently when at least one transmit chain of the first subscriber is active while at least one receive chain of the second subscriber is active.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the first subscriber employs time division duplexing (TDD), the second subscriber employs TDD or frequency division duplexing (FDD), and the first subscriber and the second subscriber are either co-banded or overlap in spectrum.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the code further causes the processor to estimate the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on a relationship between at least the second subscriber LNA input power threshold, an antenna isolation factor associated with the first subscriber and the second subscriber, or a front-end loss factor associated with the second subscriber.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the second subscriber LNA input power threshold corresponds to an input power received at the LNA of the active second subscriber receive chain based on transmission by the active first subscriber transmit chain.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the first subscriber is capable of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), and wherein the first subscriber maximum transmit power corresponds to each active transmit chain of the first subscriber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: GOPAL, THAWATT; CHEN, QINGXIN; SHAHIDI, REZA; GATTA, FRANCESCO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057744/0351 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63042499 · Jun 22, 2020
Related Publication 20210400599A1 · Dec 23, 2021