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US 12,581,423 · App. 18/258,774 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Method for power control, and communication device

Inventor: Shengxiang Guo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W52/146H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 12,581,423
App. No.
18/258,774
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for power control, including: receiving, by a base station, indication information sent by a terminal based on a maximum allowable power reduction (P-MPR); and determining control information for regulating and controlling uplink transmission of the terminal according to the indication information.

Claims (72)

1 . A method for power control, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a base station, indication information sent by a terminal based on a maximum allowable power reduction (P-MPR);

receiving capability information for regulating and controlling a specific absorption rate (SAR) sent by the terminal; and

determining control information for regulating and controlling uplink transmission of the terminal according to the indication information, wherein the control information comprises at least one of: a scheduling instruction for specifying an uplink duty cycle, a second threshold of a signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission, or a third threshold of a received power of the uplink transmission;

wherein determining the control information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal according to the indication information comprises at least one of:

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has a capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and determining the second threshold of the signal-to-noise ratio or the third threshold of the received power of the uplink transmission according to the indication information;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission being lower than the second threshold, issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; wherein the scheduling instruction is used for reducing the uplink duty cycle of the terminal;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the received power of the uplink transmission being lower than the third threshold, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; or

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has no capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the control information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal according to the indication information further comprises:

determining a relationship between the P-MPR of the terminal and a first threshold of the P-MPR according to the indication information; and

determining the control information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal according to the relationship between the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:

issuing the first threshold of the P-MPR; and

receiving the indication information sent by the terminal based on the P-MPR comprises:

receiving the indication information sent by the terminal based on the P-MPR and the first threshold.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein issuing the first threshold of the P-MPR comprises at least one of:

issuing the first threshold of the P-MPR through broadcasting; or

issuing radio resource control (RRC) signaling carrying the first threshold of the P-MPR.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the indication information comprises at least one of:

first indication information indicating that the P-MPR of the terminal is greater than the first threshold;

second indication information indicating that the P-MPR of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold;

a difference between the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold; or

a difference range that the difference between the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold belongs to.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the indication information sent by the terminal based on the P-MPR comprises at least one of:

receiving RRC signaling carrying the indication information; or

receiving a power headroom report (PHR) carrying the indication information.

7 . A method for power control, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by a terminal, indication information according to a P-MPR of the terminal; sending capability information of the terminal for regulating and controlling an SAR; and

performing uplink transmission according to control information determined by a base station based on the indication information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal, wherein the control information comprises at least one of: a scheduling instruction specifying an uplink duty cycle, a second threshold of a signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission, or a third threshold of a received power of the uplink transmission;

and wherein the control information is determined by the base station through at least one of:

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has a capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and determining the second threshold of the signal-to-noise ratio or the third threshold of the received power of the uplink transmission according to the indication information;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission being lower than the second threshold, issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; wherein the scheduling instruction is used for reducing the uplink duty cycle of the terminal;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the received power of the uplink transmission being lower than the third threshold, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; or

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has no capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a first threshold of the P-MPR issued by the base station; and

sending the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal comprises:

sending the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein sending the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold comprises at least one of:

sending the indication information by determining that the P-MPR of the terminal is greater than the first threshold; or

sending the indication information by determining that the P-MPR of the terminal is greater than the first threshold, a maximum power reduction (MPR) of the terminal, and an additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR) of the terminal.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein receiving the first threshold of the P-MPR issued by the base station comprises at least one of:

receiving the first threshold of the P-MPR broadcasted by the base station; or

receiving RRC signaling carrying the first threshold of the P-MPR issued by the base station.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the indication information comprises at least one of:

first indication information indicating that the P-MPR of the terminal is greater than the first threshold;

second indication information indicating that the P-MPR of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold;

a difference between the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold; or

a difference range that the difference between the P-MPR of the terminal and the first threshold belongs to.

12 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein sending the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal comprises at least one of:

sending RRC signaling carrying the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal; or

sending a PHR carrying the indication information according to the P-MPR of the terminal.

13 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein

performing the uplink transmission according to the control information determined by the base station based on the indication information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal comprises:

performing the uplink transmission according to the control information determined by the base station based on the indication information and the capability information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal.

14 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the scheduling instruction issued by the base station based on the indication information; and

performing the uplink transmission according to the control information determined by the base station based on the indication information for regulating and controlling the uplink transmission of the terminal comprises:

performing the uplink transmission according to the uplink duty cycle determined by the scheduling instruction.

15 . A communication device, wherein the communication device at least comprises a processor, and a memory for storing an executable instruction capable of running on the processor, wherein:

when the processor is configured to run the executable instruction, to cause the communication device to:

receive indication information sent by a terminal based on a maximum allowable power reduction (P-MPR);

receive capability information for regulating and controlling a specific absorption rate (SAR) sent by the terminal; and

determine control information for regulating and controlling uplink transmission of the terminal according to the indication information, wherein the control information comprises at least one of: a scheduling instruction for specifying an uplink duty cycle, a second threshold of a signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission, or a third threshold of a received power of the uplink transmission;

and the communication device is further caused to perform at least one of:

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has a capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and determining the second threshold of the signal-to-noise ratio or the third threshold of the received power of the uplink transmission according to the indication information;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink transmission being lower than the second threshold, issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; wherein the scheduling instruction is used for reducing the uplink duty cycle of the terminal;

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has the capability of regulating and controlling the SAR and the received power of the uplink transmission being lower than the third threshold, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information; or

determining that the capability information indicates that the terminal has no capability of regulating and controlling the SAR, and issuing the scheduling instruction for specifying the uplink duty cycle according to the indication information.

16 . A communication device, wherein the communication device at least comprises a processor, and a memory for storing an executable instruction capable of running on the processor, wherein:

when the processor is configured to run the executable instruction, the executable instruction execute steps in the method for power control according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2023
From: GUO, SHENGXIANG
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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