Method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in transmitter of wireless communication system

• US 10,541,797 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Yonghae, Kim, Hanseok, Park, Seongyong, Lee, Junsung
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Agureyev, Vladislav Y
• Application Number:
  US14/862,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,581 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method and apparatus of controlling transmission power in a transmitter of a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes generating a first signal to be transmitted to a receiver, identifying whether user data is allocated to the generated first signal, determining transmission power based on a result of the determination, and transmitting a second signal to the receiver, based on the determined transmission power and the first signal.

Claims

1. A method of a transmitter in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

identifying at least one signal to be transmitted on a subframe;

determining a first bias level of a power amplifier (PA) of the transmitter, in case that user data is included in the at least one signal based on the identification;

determining a second bias level of the PA based on a type of the at least one signal, in case that the user data is not included in the at least one signal based on the identification; and

transmitting, to a receiver, the at least one signal on the subframe, based on the first bias level or the second bias level of the PA,

wherein the second bias level is lower than the first bias level, and

wherein the type of the at least one signal includes at least one of a reference signal, a synchronization signal, control information, and a signal for transmitting cell information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the at least one signal to be transmitted on the subframe further comprises:

identifying scheduling information corresponding to the subframe; and

identifying whether the at least one signal includes the user data based on the identified scheduling information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the at least one signal to be transmitted on the subframe further comprises:

identifying the type of the at least one signal, in case that the at least one signal does not include the user data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the at least one signal to be transmitted on the subframe further comprises:

monitoring an interval of the at least one signal to be transmitted on the subframe; and

identifying whether the at least one signal includes the user data based on a result of the monitoring.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the at least one signal further comprises:

controlling the drain bias of the power amplifier of the transmitter based on the first bias level or the second bias level for the subframe.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the second bias level further comprises:

determining transmission power for the subframe based on at least one of cell information related to the at least one signal, or control information related to the at least one signal; and

determining the second bias level based on the determined transmission power.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein transmission power for the subframe according to the first bias level or the second bias level is selected among predetermined candidate power values, based on the identification.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the scheduling information includes information of whether the user data is included in the at least one signal or information of whether control information is included in the at least one signal.

9. A transmitter of a mobile communication system, the transmitter comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

identify at least one signal to be transmitted on a subframe;

determine a first bias level of a power amplifier (PA) of the transmitter, in case that user data is included in the at least one signal based on the identification;

determine a second bias level of the PA based on a type of the at least one signal, in case that the user data is not included in the at least one signal based on the identification; and

control the transceiver to transmit, to a receiver, the at least one signal on the subframe, based on the first bias level or the second bias level of the PA,

wherein the second bias level is lower than the first bias level, and

wherein the type of the at least one signal includes at least one of a reference signal, a synchronization signal, control information, and a signal for transmitting cell information.

10. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify scheduling information corresponding to the subframe, and

identify whether the at least one signal includes the user data based on the identified scheduling information.

11. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to identify the type of the at least one signal, in case that the at least one signal does not include the user data.

12. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

monitor an interval of the at least one signal to be transmitted on the subframe, and

identify whether the at least one signal includes the user data based on a result of the monitoring.

13. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the drain bias of the power amplifier of the transmitter based on the first bias level or the second bias level for the subframe.

14. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine transmission power for the subframe based on at least one of cell information related to the at least one signal, or control information related to the at least one signal, and determine the second bias level based on the determined transmission power.

15. The transmitter of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select transmission power for the subframe according to the first bias level or the second bias level among predetermined candidate power values, based on the identification.

16. The transmitter of claim 10, wherein the scheduling information includes information of whether the user data is included in the at least one signal or information of whether control information is included in the at least one signal.