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Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,270 · App. 18/340,331 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Power headroom reporting method, apparatus, and system

Inventors: Mengting Liu (Beijing, CN); Su Huang (Shanghai, CN); Yinghao Guo (Shanghai, CN); Junren Chang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W52/365H04W52/146
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Patent No.
US 12,532,270
App. No.
18/340,331
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a power headroom reporting method, an apparatus, and a system, to resolve a problem that a level mismatch currently exists between calculation of a Type 3 power headroom and reporting of the Type 3 power headroom. The method includes: A terminal device determines a power headroom corresponding to one or more reference signal resource sets in each of one or more cells, where the one or more cells are cells that are among cells participating in positioning of the terminal device and that require the terminal device to report the power headroom; and the terminal device sends power headroom information to a network device, where the power headroom information includes the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells.

Claims (51)

1 . A power headroom reporting method, wherein the method comprises:

determining a power headroom corresponding to one or more reference signal resource sets in each of one or more cells, wherein the one or more cells are cells that are among cells participating in positioning of a terminal device and that require the terminal device to report the power headroom; and

sending power headroom information to a network device, wherein the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells, wherein

the power headroom information further comprises first indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level of a first cell that is a cell used by the terminal device to initiate initial access; or

the power headroom information further comprises third indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the power headroom information further comprises second indication information that indicates whether the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to each reference signal resource set in each of the one or more cells.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving fourth indication information that indicates the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells that require the terminal device to report the power headroom.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the fourth indication information comprises an identifier of the one or more cells and an identifier of the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving of the fourth indication information comprises:

receiving the fourth indication information from a positioning management device or the network device.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets is a power headroom of a first power headroom type; and

the first power headroom type is a Type 3.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets is a power headroom of a second power headroom type; and

the second power headroom type is a power headroom type at the reference signal resource set level.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein

the power headroom information further comprises the power headroom corresponding to each of the one or more cells;

the power headroom corresponding to each of the one or more cells is a power headroom of a first power headroom type; and

the first power headroom type is a Type 3.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the power headroom information further comprises P CMAX corresponding to each of the one or more cells; and

P CMAX represents maximum transmit power at which the terminal device sends a reference signal on a current carrier of each of the one or more cells.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending power headroom information to the network device comprises:

sending a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to the network device, wherein the MAC CE comprises the power headroom information, and the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells.

11 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processing device; and

a memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to:

determine power headroom corresponding to one or more reference signal resource sets in each of one or more cells, wherein the one or more cells are cells that are among cells participating in positioning of a terminal device and that require the terminal device to report the power headroom; and

send power headroom information to a network device, wherein the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells, wherein

the power headroom information further comprises first indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level of a first cell that is a cell used by the terminal device to initiate initial access; or

the power headroom information further comprises third indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level.

12 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the power headroom information further comprises second indication information that indicates whether the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to each reference signal resource set in each of the one or more cells.

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processing device is further to:

receive fourth indication information that indicates the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells that require the terminal device to report the power headroom.

14 . The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth indication information comprises an identifier of the one or more cells and an identifier of the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells.

15 . The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth indication information is received from a positioning management device or the network device.

16 . A communication system, comprising:

a terminal device configured to:

determine power headroom corresponding to one or more reference signal resource sets in each of one or more cells; and

send power headroom information to a network device, wherein the one or more cells are cells that are among cells participating in positioning of the terminal device and that require the terminal device to report the power headroom, and the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells, wherein

the power headroom information further comprises first indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level of a first cell that is a cell used by the terminal device to initiate initial access; or

the power headroom information further comprises third indication information that indicates whether the terminal device reports a power headroom at a reference signal resource set level; and

the network device configured to:

receive the power headroom information from the terminal device, and determine an adjustment value of uplink transmit power of the terminal device based on the power headroom information.

17 . The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein the power headroom information further comprises second indication information that indicates whether the power headroom information comprises the power headroom corresponding to each reference signal resource set in each of the one or more cells.

18 . The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein the terminal device is further to:

receive fourth indication information that indicates the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells that require the terminal device to report the power headroom.

19 . The communication system according to claim 18 , wherein the fourth indication information comprises an identifier of the one or more cells and an identifier of the one or more reference signal resource sets in each of the one or more cells.

20 . The communication system according to claim 18 , wherein the terminal device receives the fourth indication information from a positioning management device or the network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2023
From: LIU, MENGTING; HUANG, SU; GUO, YINGHAO; CHANG, JUNREN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020139070 · Dec 24, 2020
Related Publication 20230337150A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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