IP Library Granted Patent US 12,192,912
Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,912 · App. 17/698,834 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Method and device for controlling uplink transmission power for network coordination communication system

Inventors: Seongmok Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Youngrok Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Euichang Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Ameha Tsegaye Abebe (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoungju Ji (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/146H04W52/10H04W52/54
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Patent No.
US 12,192,912
App. No.
17/698,834
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling transmission power of an uplink signal in consideration of multiple transmission points/panels/beams by a terminal for cooperative communication between the multiple transmission points/panels/beams.

Claims (75)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control configurations, a first P0-PUSCH set list, and a second P0-PUSCH set list;

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission power control (TPC) command value and an open-loop power control parameter set indicator;

in case that the DCI includes two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicators (SRIs) and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1;

determining a first transmission power associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) based on a first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a first SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI being included in the first P0-PUSCH set list, and

determining a second transmission power associated with a second TRP based on a second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a second SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI being included in the second P0-PUSCH set list;

transmitting, to the first TRP, a PUSCH based on the first transmission power; and

transmitting, to the second TRP, the PUSCH based on the second transmission power.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in case that the DCI includes the two SRIs and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0,

the first transmission power is determined based on the first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the first SRI, and

the second transmission power is determined based on the second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the second SRI.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first transmission power further comprises:

in case that the DCI does not include an SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0 or 00, determining the first transmission power and the second transmission power based on P0-AlphaSets included in the RRC message;

in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1 or 01, determining the first transmission power based on a first value of a P0-PUSCH set with a lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and determining the second transmission power based on the first value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list; and

in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 10 or 11, determining the first transmission power based on a second value of the P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and determining the second transmission power based on the second value of the P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message further includes information indicating whether the DCI includes a second TPC command value,

in case that the DCI does not include the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to PUSCH transmissions for the first TRP and the second TRP, and

in case that the DCI includes the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to the first TRP and the second TPC command value is applied to the second TRP.

5. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control configurations, a first P0-PUSCH set list, and a second P0-PUSCH set list;

transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission power control (TPC) command value and an open-loop power control parameter set indicator; and

receiving, from the terminal, a PUSCH based on the DCI,

wherein in case that the DCI includes two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicators (SRIs) and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1;

a first transmission power of the PUSCH associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) is determined based on a first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a first SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI being included in the first P0-PUSCH set list, and

a second transmission power of the PUSCH associated with a second TRP is determined based on a second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a second SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI being included in the second P0-PUSCH set list.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein in case that the DCI includes the two SRIs and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0,

the first transmission power is determined based on the first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the first SRI, and

the second transmission power is determined based on the second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the second SRI.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

the first transmission power and the second transmission power are determined based on P0-AlphaSets included in the RRC message in case that the DCI does not include an SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0 or 00,

the first transmission power is determined based on a first value of a P0-PUSCH set with a lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and the second transmission power is determined based on the first value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list, in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1 or 01, and

the first transmission power is determined based on a second value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and the second transmission power is determined based on the second value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list, in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 10 or 11.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the RRC message further includes information indicating whether the DCI includes a second TPC command value,

in case that the DCI does not include the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to PUSCH transmissions for the first TRP and the second TRP, and

in case that the DCI includes the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to the first TRP and the second TPC command value is applied to the second TRP.

9. A terminal in a communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller operably coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control configurations, a first P0-PUSCH set list, and a second P0-PUSCH set list,

receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission power control (TPC) command value and an open-loop power control parameter set indicator,

in case that the DCI includes two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicators (SRIs) and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1;

determine a first transmission power associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) based on a first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a first SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI being included in the first P0-PUSCH set list, and

determine a second transmission power associated with a second TRP based on a second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a second SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI being included in the second P0-PUSCH set list,

transmit, to the first TRP, a PUSCH based on the first transmission power, and

transmit, to the second TRP, the PUSCH based on the second transmission power.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein in case that the DCI includes the two SRIs and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0,

the first transmission power is determined based on the first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the first SRI, and

the second transmission power is determined based on the second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the second SRI.

11. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine the first transmission power and the second transmission power based on P0-AlphaSets included in the RRC message in case that the DCI does not include an SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0 or 00,

determine the first transmission power based on a first value of a P0-PUSCH set with a lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and determining the second transmission power based on the first value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1 or 01, and

determine the first transmission power, based on a second value of the P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and determining the second transmission power based on the second value of the P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 10 or 11.

12. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the RRC message further includes information indicating whether the DCI includes a second TPC command value,

In case that the DCI does not include the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to PUSCH transmissions for the first TRP and the second TRP, and

in case that the DCI includes the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to the first TRP, and the second TPC command value is applied to the second TRP.

13. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller operably coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) power control configurations, a first P0-PUSCH set list, and a second P0-PUSCH set list,

transmit, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission power control (TPC) command value and an open-loop power control parameter set indicator, and

receive, from the terminal, a PUSCH, based on the DCI,

wherein in case that the DCI includes two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicators (SRIs) and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1;

a first transmission power of the PUSCH associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) is determined based on a first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a first SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the first SRI being included in the first P0-PUSCH set list, and

a second transmission power of the PUSCH associated with a second TRP is determined based on a second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to a second SRI, the TPC command value, and a first value of a P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI, the P0-PUSCH set corresponding to the second SRI being included in the second P0-PUSCH set list.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein:

in case that the DCI includes the two SRIs and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0,

the first transmission power is determined based on the first PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the first SRI, and

the second transmission power is determined based on the second PUSCH power control configuration corresponding to the second SRI.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein:

the first transmission power and the second transmission power are determined based on P0-AlphaSets included in the RRC message in case that the DCI does not include an SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 0 or 00,

the first transmission power is determined based on a first value of a P0-PUSCH set with a lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and the second transmission power is determined based on the first value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list, in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 1 or 01, and

the first transmission power is determined based on a second value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the first P0-PUSCH set list and the second transmission power is determined based on the second value of a P0-PUSCH set with the lowest index included in the second P0-PUSCH set list, in case that the DCI does not include the SRI and the open-loop power control parameter set indicator is configured to 10 or 11.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the RRC message further includes information indicating whether the DCI includes a second TPC command value,

in case that the DCI does not include the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to PUSCH transmissions for the first TRP and the second TRP, and

in case that the DCI includes the second TPC command value, the TPC command value is applied to the first TRP, and the second TPC command value is applied to the second TRP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2022
From: LIM, SEONGMOK; JANG, YOUNGROK; JUNG, EUICHANG; ABEBE, AMEHA TSEGAYE; JI, HYOUNGJU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0036188 · Mar 19, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0065802 · May 21, 2021 · national
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