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Granted Patent B2
US 12,587,978 · App. 18/001,201 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Differential power parameter reporting in multi-panel uplink transmission

Inventors: Fang Yuan (Beijing, CN); Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni (San Diego, CA); Jelena Damnjanovic (Del Mar, CA); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/42H04W52/365
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Patent No.
US 12,587,978
App. No.
18/001,201
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for differential power parameter reporting in multi-panel uplink transmission. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first transmit power control parameter associated with a first panel of the UE and a differential transmit power control parameter to be used to indicate a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter generating a reporting message indicating the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and transmitting the reporting message to a base station.

Claims (70)

1 . A method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a first transmit power control parameter associated with a first panel of the UE and a differential transmit power control parameter to be used to indicate a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

generating a reporting message indicating the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

transmitting the reporting message to a base station.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmit power control parameter is indicated via the reporting message using a fewer number of bits than the differential transmit power control parameter.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first transmit power control parameter comprises a first power headroom (PH) parameter; and

the second transmit power control parameter comprises a second PH parameter, the differential transmit power control parameter being a differential PH parameter indicating a difference between the first PH parameter and the second PH parameter.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 4 bits.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 2 bits.

6 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining a maximum transmit power (Pcmax) parameter, wherein the Pcmax parameter is common to the first panel and the second panel of the UE, and wherein the reporting message comprises the Pcmax parameter.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the Pcmax parameter is specific to a serving cell of the UE.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits.

9 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits.

10 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining a first Pcmax parameter associated with the first panel of the UE and a differential Pcmax parameter to be used to indicate a second Pcmax parameter associated with the second panel of the UE, the differential Pcmax parameter indicating a difference between the first Pcmax parameter and the second Pcmax parameter, and wherein the reporting message further comprises the first Pcmax parameter and the differential Pcmax parameter.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the differential Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 2 bits.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first transmit power control parameter comprises a first Pcmax parameter; and

the second transmit power control parameter comprises a second Pcmax parameter.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 4 bits.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reporting message comprises a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE).

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter are used to configure a transmit power for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or sounding reference signal (SRS).

16 . A method for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

receiving a reporting message comprising a first transmit power control parameter and a differential transmit power control parameter, wherein the first transmit power control parameter is associated with a first panel of a user-equipment (UE) and the differential transmit power control parameter indicates a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

calculating the second transmit power control parameter based on the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

performing power control operations based on the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first transmit power control parameter is indicated via the reporting message using a fewer number of bits than the differential transmit power control parameter.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the first transmit power control parameter comprises a first power headroom (PH) parameter; and

the second transmit power control parameter comprises a second PH parameter, the differential transmit power control parameter being a differential PH parameter indicating a difference between the first PH parameter and the second PH parameter.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 4 bits.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 2 bits.

21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the reporting message further comprises a maximum transmit power (Pcmax) parameter, wherein the Pcmax parameter is common to the first panel and the second panel of the UE, and wherein the power control operations are performed further based on the Pcmax parameter.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the Pcmax parameter is specific to a serving cell of the UE.

23 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits.

24 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second PH parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits.

25 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the reporting message further comprises a first Pcmax parameter associated with the first panel of the UE and a differential Pcmax parameter indicating a second Pcmax parameter associated with the second panel of the UE, the differential Pcmax parameter indicating a difference between the first Pcmax parameter and the second Pcmax parameter, and wherein the power control operations are performed further based on the first Pcmax parameter and the differential Pcmax parameter.

26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the first Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the differential Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 2 bits.

27 . The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the first transmit power control parameter comprises a first Pcmax parameter; and

the second transmit power control parameter comprises a second Pcmax parameter.

28 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the first Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 6 bits, and wherein the second Pcmax parameter is indicated via the reporting message using 4 bits.

29 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the reporting message comprises a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE).

30 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter are used to configure a transmit power for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or sounding reference signal (SRS).

31 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE), comprising:

a processing system configured to:

determine a first transmit power control parameter associated with a first panel of the UE and a differential transmit power control parameter to be used to indicate a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter; and

generate a reporting message indicating the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the reporting message to a base station.

32 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a reporting message comprising a first transmit power control parameter and a differential transmit power control parameter, wherein the first transmit power control parameter is associated with a first panel of a user-equipment (UE) and the differential transmit power control parameter indicates a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter; and

a processing system configured to:

calculate the second transmit power control parameter based on the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

perform power control operations based on the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter.

33 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE), comprising:

means for determining a first transmit power control parameter associated with a first panel of the UE and a differential transmit power control parameter to be used to indicate a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

means for generating a reporting message indicating the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

means for transmitting the reporting message to a base station.

34 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

means for receiving a reporting message comprising a first transmit power control parameter and a differential transmit power control parameter, wherein the first transmit power control parameter is associated with a first panel of a user-equipment (UE) and the differential transmit power control parameter indicates a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

means for calculating the second transmit power control parameter based on the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

means for performing power control operations based on the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter.

35 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a user-equipment (UE) to:

determine a first transmit power control parameter associated with a first panel of the UE and a differential transmit power control parameter to be used to indicate a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

generate a reporting message indicating the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

transmit the reporting message to a base station.

36 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a base station to:

receive a reporting message comprising a first transmit power control parameter and a differential transmit power control parameter, wherein the first transmit power control parameter is associated with a first panel of a user-equipment (UE) and the differential transmit power control parameter indicates a second transmit power control parameter associated with a second panel of the UE, the differential transmit power control parameter indicating a difference between the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter;

calculate the second transmit power control parameter based on the first transmit power control parameter and the differential transmit power control parameter; and

perform power control operations based on the first transmit power control parameter and the second transmit power control parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: YUAN, FANG; TAHERZADEH BOROUJENI, MAHMOUD; DAMNJANOVIC, JELENA; NAM, WOOSEOK; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; MONTOJO, JUAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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