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Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,209 · App. 17/410,987 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Power control for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions on secondary component carrier

Inventors: Yi Huang (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Xiao Feng Wang (San Diego, CA); Hwan Joon Kwon (San Diego, CA); Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/146H04L1/1896H04W52/08H04W52/10H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 12,279,209
App. No.
17/410,987
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects relate to supporting power control for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions on an uplink secondary component carrier (SCC) of a wireless communication system. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) receives a power control configuration from a base station for use by the UE for a PUCCH transmission on a selected uplink SCC. The UE then transmits, based at least in part on the power control configuration, the PUCCH to the base station on the selected uplink SCC. Closed-loop and open-loop power control examples are provided. In some aspects, common or shared power control configurations are provided by the base station for use with each component carrier of a PUCCH group. In other aspects, carrier-specific power control configurations are provided by the base station.

Claims (28)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:

receive, from a base station, an indicator of a power control configuration for use by the UE for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission on a secondary component carrier of a set of uplink component carriers that comprises a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier, wherein the indicator indicates carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control in which power control values are accumulated separately by the UE for each of the set of uplink component carriers; and

transmit, based at least in part on the power control configuration, the PUCCH transmission to the base station on the secondary component carrier.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the base station, separate power adjustment indicator signals for each of the set of uplink component carriers in accordance with the carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises a single dynamic power control command within downlink control information (DCI) for an ACK/NACK feedback for a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises a first indicator for use with an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) transmission and a second indicator for use with an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) transmission.

5. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, an indicator of a power control configuration for use by the UE for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission on a secondary component carrier of a set of uplink component carriers that comprises a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier, wherein the indicator indicates carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control in which power control values are accumulated separately by the UE for each of the set of uplink component carriers; and

transmitting, based at least in part on the power control configuration, the PUCCH transmission to the base station on the secondary component carrier.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indicator comprises a single dynamic power control command within downlink control information (DCI) for an ACK/NACK feedback for a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indicator comprises a first indicator for use with an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) transmission and a second indicator for use with an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) transmission.

8. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indicator of a power control configuration for use by the UE for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission on a secondary component carrier of a set of uplink component carriers that comprises a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier, wherein the indicator indicates carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control in which power control values are accumulated separately by the UE for each of the set of uplink component carriers; and

receive, based at least in part on the power control configuration, the PUCCH transmission from the UE on the secondary component carrier.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, to the UE, separate power adjustment indicator signals for each of the set of uplink component carriers in accordance with the carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the indicator comprises a single dynamic power control command within downlink control information (DCI) for an ACK/NACK feedback for a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the indicator comprises a first indicator for use with an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) transmission and a second indicator for use with an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) transmission.

12. A method for wireless communication at a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indicator of a power control configuration for use by the UE for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission on a secondary component carrier of a set of uplink component carriers that comprises a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier, wherein the indicator indicates carrier-specific accumulative closed-loop power control in which power control values are accumulated separately by the UE for each of the set of uplink component carriers; and

receiving, based at least in part on the power control configuration, the PUCCH transmission from the UE on the secondary component carrier.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indicator comprises a single dynamic power control command within downlink control information (DCI) for an ACK/NACK feedback for a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indicator comprises a first indicator for use with an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) transmission and a second indicator for use with an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2021
From: HUANG, YI; GAAL, PETER; WANG, XIAO FENG; KWON, HWAN JOON; MUKKAVILLI, KRISHNA KIRAN; JI, TINGFANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 058364/0734 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63083075 · Sep 24, 2020
Related Publication 20220095238A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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