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US 12,615,598 · App. 18/231,315 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Transmission link processing method and apparatus and terminal

Inventors: Xueming Pan (Dongguan, CN); Xiaodong Shen (Dongguan, CN); Xian Cui (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W52/52H04W52/241H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,615,598
App. No.
18/231,315
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a transmission link processing method and apparatus and a terminal. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a transmit power level of the terminal according to power configuration information; and control, when the transmit power level of the terminal is a first transmit power level, a signal output by the transceiver to not be amplified by the power amplifier; otherwise, controls the signal output by the transceiver to be amplified by the power amplifier, where at the first transmit power level, maximum output power of the terminal is less than a first threshold.

Claims (93)

1 . A transmission link processing method, comprising:

reporting, by a terminal, a transmit power class capability of the terminal to a network side device, wherein the transmit power class capability is a power class that is supported by the terminal to perform signal transmission;

receiving, by the terminal, power configuration information sent by the network side device according to the transmit power class capability of the terminal;

determining, by the terminal, a transmit power class of the terminal according to the power configuration information, wherein a transmission link of the terminal comprises: a transceiver and a power amplifier; and

controlling, by the terminal when the transmit power class of the terminal is a first transmit power class, a signal output by the transceiver to not be amplified by the power amplifier; otherwise, controlling, by the terminal, the signal output by the transceiver to be amplified by the power amplifier,

wherein at the first transmit power class, maximum output power of the terminal is less than a first threshold.

2 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the power configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

first configuration information indicating a transmit power class of an Uu interface of the terminal;

second configuration information indicating a usage condition of a transmit power class supported by the Uu interface of the terminal;

third configuration information indicating a transmit power class of a sidelink (SL) interface of the terminal; or

fourth configuration information indicating usage condition information of a transmit power class supported by the SL interface of the terminal.

3 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per cell;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per frequency of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per band of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per carrier of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per carrier group of the terminal; or

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per power control group of the terminal.

4 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the second configuration information comprises:

a signal received quality threshold corresponding to each transmit power class supported by the Uu interface.

5 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the transmit power class of the terminal according to the power configuration information comprises:

determining, when signal received quality of the terminal is greater than the signal received quality threshold, that the transmit power class of the Uu interface or the SL interface of the terminal is the first transmit power class; or

determining, when signal received quality of the terminal is less than the signal received quality threshold, that the transmit power class of the Uu interface or the SL interface of the terminal is a second transmit power class, wherein at the second transmit power class, maximum output power of the terminal is greater than a second threshold.

6 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

a transmit power class of the SL interface per cell;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per frequency of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per band of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per BWP of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per carrier of the terminal; or

a transmit power class of the SL interface per carrier group of the terminal.

7 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth configuration information comprises:

a signal received quality threshold corresponding to each transmit power class supported by the SL interface.

8 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmit power class capability of the terminal indicates at least one of the following:

indicating that an Uu interface of the terminal supports the first transmit power class;

indicating each transmit power class supported by the Uu interface of the terminal, wherein each transmit power class comprises the first transmit power class;

indicating that an SL interface of the terminal supports the first transmit power class; or

indicating each transmit power class supported by the SL interface of the terminal, wherein each transmit power class comprises the first transmit power class.

9 . The transmission link processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmit power class capability of the terminal is at least one of the following:

a transmit power class capability per terminal;

a transmit power class capability per frequency of the terminal;

a transmit power class capability per band of the terminal; or

a transmit power class capability per BWP of the terminal.

10 . A terminal, comprising:

a memory storing a computer program; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program to perform operations comprising:

reporting a transmit power class capability of the terminal to a network side device, wherein the transmit power class capability is a power class that is supported by the terminal to perform signal transmission;

receiving power configuration information sent by the network side device according to the transmit power class capability of the terminal;

determining, a transmit power class of the terminal according to power configuration information, wherein a transmission link of the terminal comprises: a transceiver and a power amplifier; and

controlling, when the transmit power class of the terminal is a first transmit power class, a signal output by the transceiver to not be amplified by the power amplifier; otherwise, controlling, the signal output by the transceiver to be amplified by the power amplifier,

wherein at the first transmit power class, maximum output power of the terminal is less than a first threshold.

11 . The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the power configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

first configuration information indicating a transmit power class of an Uu interface of the terminal;

second configuration information indicating a usage condition of a transmit power class supported by the Uu interface of the terminal;

third configuration information indicating a transmit power class of a sidelink (SL) interface of the terminal; or

fourth configuration information indicating usage condition information of a transmit power class supported by the SL interface of the terminal.

12 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per cell;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per frequency of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per band of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per carrier of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per carrier group of the terminal; or

a transmit power class of the Uu interface per power control group of the terminal.

13 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the second configuration information comprises:

a signal received quality threshold corresponding to each transmit power class supported by the Uu interface.

14 . The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the transmit power class of the terminal according to the power configuration information comprises:

determining, when signal received quality of the terminal is greater than the signal received quality threshold, that the transmit power class of the Uu interface or the SL interface of the terminal is the first transmit power class; or

determining, when signal received quality of the terminal is less than the signal received quality threshold, that the transmit power class of the Uu interface or the SL interface of the terminal is a second transmit power class, wherein at the second transmit power class, maximum output power of the terminal is greater than a second threshold.

15 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

a transmit power class of the SL interface per cell;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per frequency of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per band of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per BWP of the terminal;

a transmit power class of the SL interface per carrier of the terminal; or

a transmit power class of the SL interface per carrier group of the terminal.

16 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the fourth configuration information comprises:

a signal received quality threshold corresponding to each transmit power class supported by the SL interface.

17 . The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the transmit power class capability of the terminal indicates at least one of the following:

indicating that an Uu interface of the terminal supports the first transmit power class;

indicating each transmit power class supported by the Uu interface of the terminal, wherein each transmit power class comprises the first transmit power class;

indicating that an SL interface of the terminal supports the first transmit power class; or

indicating each transmit power class supported by the SL interface of the terminal, wherein each transmit power level comprises the first transmit power class.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, when the computer program is executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

reporting a transmit power class capability of a terminal to a network side device, wherein the transmit power class capability is a power class that is supported by the terminal to perform signal transmission;

receiving power configuration information sent by the network side device according to the transmit power class capability of the terminal;

determining, a transmit power class of the terminal according to power configuration information, wherein a transmission link of the terminal comprises: a transceiver and a power amplifier; and

controlling, when the transmit power class of the terminal is a first transmit power class, a signal output by the transceiver to not be amplified by the power amplifier; otherwise, controlling, the signal output by the transceiver to be amplified by the power amplifier,

wherein at the first transmit power class, maximum output power of the terminal is less than a first threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: PAN, XUEMING; SHEN, XIAODONG; CUI, XIAN
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064529/0317 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110183790.1 · Feb 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022075335 · Feb 7, 2022
Related Publication 20230388943A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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