Power adjustment method and apparatus
A power adjustment method and an apparatus are provided, to improve stability of transmit power of an uplink signal, so that the uplink signal can be effectively transmitted. The method includes: receiving a MAC CE ( 201 ), where the MAC CE is used to update a pathloss estimation reference signal; and determining a pathloss estimation value based on the pathloss estimation reference signal ( 202 ), where an effective time of the pathloss estimation value is not later than n+X+T, n is a time for sending feedback information, the feedback information is used to feed back whether the MAC CE is correctly received, X is fixed duration, and T is variable duration. It can be learned that the effective time of the pathloss estimation value is not later than n+X+T.
1. A power adjustment method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the MAC CE is configured to update a pathloss estimation reference signal;
determining a pathloss estimation value based on the pathloss estimation reference signal, wherein an application time of the pathloss estimation value is no later than n+X+T, where n is a time for sending feedback information indicating whether the MAC CE is correctly received, X is a fixed duration, T is a variable duration, and X and T are finite non-zero values; and
determining transmit power of an uplink signal based on the pathloss estimation value.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending the uplink signal at the determined transmit power after the pathloss estimation value takes effect.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein T is related to high-layer filtering capability information of a terminal device.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the higher-layer filtering capability information comprises at least one of higher-layer filtering configuration information, a quantity of measurements, a measurement periodicity, a measurement setting, or time domain information of the pathloss estimation reference signal; and
the quantity of measurements is a quantity of measurements of receive power of the pathloss estimation reference signal, the measurement periodicity is a transmission periodicity of the pathloss estimation reference signal, and the measurement setting is a setting related to the pathloss estimation reference signal.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein T is a sum of a duration in which the terminal device performs higher-layer filtering, and a duration in which the terminal device determines the transmit power of the uplink signal based on the pathloss estimation value.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the effective application time of the pathloss estimation value is not earlier than n+X.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE comprises information about the pathloss estimation reference signal.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the MAC CE further comprises a parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal, and the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal comprises at least one of target power, a pathloss compensation factor, or a power adjustment parameter.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein an application time of the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal is no later than n+X, or an application time of the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal is no later than n+X+T.
10. A communications apparatus, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the MAC CE is configured to update a pathloss estimation reference signal; and
a processor, configured to determine a pathloss estimation value based on the pathloss estimation reference signal, wherein an application time of the pathloss estimation value is no later than n+X+T, where n is a time for sending feedback information indicating whether the MAC CE is correctly received, X is a fixed duration, T is a variable duration, and X and T are finite non-zero values, and
determine transmit power of an uplink signal based on the pathloss estimation value.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a transmitter, configured to send the uplink signal at the determined transmit power after the pathloss estimation value takes effect.
12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein T is related to high-layer filtering capability information of a terminal device.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the higher-layer filtering capability information comprises at least one of higher-layer filtering configuration information, a quantity of measurements, a measurement periodicity, a measurement setting, or time domain information of the pathloss estimation reference signal; and
the quantity of measurements is a quantity of measurements of receive power of the pathloss estimation reference signal, the measurement periodicity is a transmission periodicity of the pathloss estimation reference signal, and the measurement setting is a setting related to the pathloss estimation reference signal.
14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein T is a sum of a duration in which the terminal device performs higher-layer filtering, and a duration in which the terminal device determines the transmit power of the uplink signal based on the pathloss estimation value.
15. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the application time of the pathloss estimation value is not earlier than n+X.
16. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the MAC CE comprises information about the pathloss estimation reference signal.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the MAC CE further comprises a parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal, and the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal comprises at least one of target power, a pathloss compensation factor, or a power adjustment parameter.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein an application time of the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal is no later than n+X, or an application time of the parameter related to the transmit power of the uplink signal is no later than n+X+T.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer-executable program, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement operations comprising:
receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the MAC CE is configured to update a pathloss estimation reference signal;
determining a pathloss estimation value based on the pathloss estimation reference signal, wherein an application time of the pathloss estimation value is no later than n+X+T, where n is a time for sending feedback information indicating whether the MAC CE is correctly received, X is a fixed duration, T is a variable duration, and X and T are finite non-zero values; and
determining transmit power of an uplink signal based on the pathloss estimation value.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending the uplink signal at the determined transmit power after the pathloss estimation value takes effect.