Granted Patent B2

US 12,207,201 · App. 17/746,774 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)

Assignee: Ofinno, LLC

H04W52/146H04W52/242

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station, configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into:

a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group comprising a primary cell with a primary PUCCH; and

a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH;

transmitting, for a cell in the plurality of cells, downlink control information comprising a PUCCH transmit power control (TPC) command and scheduling information for the cell, wherein:

a downlink control information format of the downlink control information does not have a downlink control information format 3; and

the downlink control information format of the downlink control information does not have a downlink control information format 3A; and

receiving uplink signals with a transmit power calculated, for one of the primary PUCCH or the secondary PUCCH, employing the PUCCH TPC command, wherein the one of the primary PUCCH or the secondary PUCCH is determined based on whether the cell is the primary cell or the PUCCH secondary cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the base station, the configuration parameters to a wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the base station, a media access control (MAC) activation command indicating activation of the PUCCH secondary cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information is transmitted in a wireless device specific search space of a physical downlink control channel of the PUCCH secondary cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting by the base station:

one or more first PUCCH information elements (IEs) indicating one or more PUCCH formats of the secondary PUCCH; and

one or more second PUCCH power control IEs indicating a power parameter value for at least one of the one or more PUCCH formats;

wherein the transmit power is further calculated employing the one or more second PUCCH power control IEs.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the base station, a pathloss reference parameter indicating a pathloss reference cell of the PUCCH secondary cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink signals comprise channel state information.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, on a common search space of the primary cell, a second PUCCH TPC command for the secondary PUCCH.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power is calculated, for the primary PUCCH, employing the PUCCH TPC command.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the uplink signals are received on the primary PUCCH with the transmit power.

11. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to perform operations comprising:

transmitting configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into:

a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group comprising a primary cell with a primary PUCCH; and

a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH;

transmit, for a cell in the plurality of cells, downlink control information comprising a PUCCH transmit power control (TPC) command and scheduling information for the cell, wherein:

a downlink control information format of the downlink control information does not have a downlink control information format 3; and

the downlink control information format of the downlink control information does not have a downlink control information format 3A; and

receive uplink signals with a transmit power calculated, for one of the primary PUCCH or the secondary PUCCH, employing the PUCCH TPC command, wherein the one of the primary PUCCH or the secondary PUCCH is determined based on whether the cell is the primary cell or the PUCCH secondary cell.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, by the base station, the configuration parameters to a wireless device.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, by the base station, a media access control (MAC) activation command indicating activation of the PUCCH secondary cell.

14. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the downlink control information is transmitted in a wireless device specific search space of a physical downlink control channel of the PUCCH secondary cell.

15. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting by the base station:

one or more first PUCCH information elements (IEs) indicating one or more PUCCH formats of the secondary PUCCH; and

one or more second PUCCH power control IEs indicating a power parameter value for at least one of the one or more PUCCH formats;

wherein the transmit power is further calculated employing the one or more second PUCCH power control IEs.

16. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, by the base station, a pathloss reference parameter indicating a pathloss reference cell of the PUCCH secondary cell.

17. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the uplink signals comprise channel state information.

18. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, on a common search space of the primary cell, a second PUCCH TPC command for the secondary PUCCH.

19. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the transmit power is calculated, for the primary PUCCH, employing the PUCCH TPC command.

20. The base station of claim 19 , wherein the uplink signals are received on the primary PUCCH with the transmit power.

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