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Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,565 · App. 18/151,317 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Reduced power headroom reporting with configured grants

Inventors: Mohankumar Mallikarjunappa (Bengaluru, IN); Penchal Prasad Goddeti (Hyderabad, IN); Srinivasa Ragimakalahally Konappa (Bangalore, IN); Vinesh Tarphe (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/365H04W24/08H04W52/242H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 12,457,565
App. No.
18/151,317
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor for dynamic grants to obtain an average periodicity of dynamic grants received within a sliding window. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on detecting a power headroom report trigger, one or more power headroom reports identifying power headroom information based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window and the power headroom report trigger.

Claims (73)

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

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

monitor for dynamic grants to obtain an average periodicity of dynamic grants received within a sliding window; and

transmit, based at least in part on detecting a power headroom report trigger, one or more power headroom reports identifying power headroom information based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window and the power headroom report trigger.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to transmit the one or more power headroom reports are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

delay transmission of at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using configured grant resources based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

detecting the power headroom trigger based at least in part on an uplink buffer status of the UE, expiration of a power headroom expiry timer, a threshold change in a downlink pathloss, or a combination thereof.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE storing data.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive at least one dynamic grant during the sliding window, the at least one dynamic grant identifying uplink resources allocated to the UE; and

transmit at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of the uplink resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and receiving the at least one dynamic grant.

6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that a dynamic grant is not received during the sliding window; and

transmit at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and the dynamic grant not being received during the sliding window.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a maximum power headroom report delay based at least in part on a duration of the sliding window, wherein at least one power headroom report is transmitted within the maximum power headroom report delay.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

apply a machine learning model to determine the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive one or more radio resource control signals identifying one or more configured grant allocations, wherein a periodicity for transmitting the one or more power headroom reports is based on at least one of the one or more configured grant allocations.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

maintain a running average of the average periodicity of dynamic grants received during each instance of a duration of the sliding window across for a plurality of instances.

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

monitoring for dynamic grants to obtain an average periodicity of dynamic grants received within a sliding window; and

transmitting, based at least in part on detecting a power headroom report trigger, one or more power headroom reports identifying power headroom information based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window and the power headroom report trigger.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein transmitting the one or more power headroom reports comprises:

delaying transmission of at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using configured grant resources based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting the power headroom trigger based at least in part on an uplink buffer status of the UE, expiration of a power headroom expiry timer, a threshold change in a downlink pathloss, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE storing data.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving at least one dynamic grant during the sliding window, the at least one dynamic grant identifying uplink resources allocated to the UE; and

transmitting at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of the uplink resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and receiving the at least one dynamic grant.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining that a dynamic grant is not received during the sliding window; and

transmitting at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and the dynamic grant not being received during the sliding window.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

identifying a maximum power headroom report delay based at least in part on a duration of the sliding window, wherein at least one power headroom report is transmitted within the maximum power headroom report delay.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

applying a machine learning model to determine the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving one or more radio resource control signals identifying one or more configured grant allocations, wherein a periodicity for transmitting the one or more power headroom reports is based on at least one of the one or more configured grant allocations.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

maintaining a running average of the average periodicity of dynamic grants received during each instance of a duration of the sliding window across for a plurality of instances.

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

means for monitoring for dynamic grants to obtain an average periodicity of dynamic grants received within a sliding window; and

means for transmitting, based at least in part on detecting a power headroom report trigger, one or more power headroom reports identifying power headroom information based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window and the power headroom report trigger.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the means for transmitting the one or more power headroom reports comprise:

means for delaying transmission of at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using configured grant resources based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising:

means for detecting the power headroom trigger based at least in part on an uplink buffer status of the UE, expiration of a power headroom expiry timer, a threshold change in a downlink pathloss, or a combination thereof.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , further comprising:

means for transmitting at least one of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE storing data.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , further comprising:

means for receiving at least one dynamic grant during the sliding window, the at least one dynamic grant identifying uplink resources allocated to the UE; and

means for transmitting at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of the uplink resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and receiving the at least one dynamic grant.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , further comprising:

means for determining that a dynamic grant is not received during the sliding window; and

means for transmitting at least one power headroom report of the one or more power headroom reports using at least a portion of configured grant resources based at least on part on an uplink buffer of the UE being empty and the dynamic grant not being received during the sliding window.

27. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising:

means for identifying a maximum power headroom report delay based at least in part on a duration of the sliding window, wherein at least one power headroom report is transmitted within the maximum power headroom report delay.

28. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising:

means for applying a machine learning model to determine the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window.

29. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising:

means for receiving one or more radio resource control signals identifying one or more configured grant allocations, wherein a periodicity for transmitting the one or more power headroom reports is based on at least one of the one or more configured grant allocations.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

monitor for dynamic grants to obtain an average periodicity of dynamic grants received within a sliding window; and

transmit, based at least in part on detecting a power headroom report trigger, one or more power headroom reports identifying power headroom information based at least in part on the average periodicity of dynamic grants received within the sliding window and the power headroom report trigger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2023
From: MALLIKARJUNAPPA, MOHANKUMAR; GODDETI, PENCHAL PRASAD; KONAPPA, SRINIVASA RAGIMAKALAHALLY; TARPHE, VINESH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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