USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20170111873A1
• Filed: 01/14/2015
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kakishima, Yuichi, Uchino, Tooru, Takeda, Kazuki, Nagata, Satoshi, Takahashi, Hideaki
• Application Number:
  US15/127,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111873A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/16 Deriving transmission power values from another channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/34 TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/346 distributing total power among users or channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/365 Power headroom reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections

Abstract

The present invention is designed to adequately execute transmission power control in dual connectivity (DC). A user terminal communicates with a plurality of cell groups, each cell group being comprised of one or more cells that use different frequencies, and has a power control section that controls the maximum transmission power value for each cell group, which is given by splitting the allowable maximum transmission power of the subject user terminal semi-statically, and controls the maximum transmission power value of a specific cell group to be changed when a predetermined condition is met, and a transmission section that reports the maximum transmission power value after the change to a radio base station forming the cell group.

Claims

1. A user terminal that communicates with a plurality of cell groups, each cell group being comprised of one or more cells that use different frequencies, the user terminal comprising:

a power control section that controls a maximum transmission power value for each cell group, which is given by splitting allowable maximum transmission power of the subject user terminal semi-statically, and controls the maximum transmission power value for a specific cell group to be changed when a predetermined condition is met; and

a transmission section that reports the maximum transmission power value after the change to a radio base station forming the cell group.

2. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the power control section executes control so that, when transmission power of the specific cell group is detected to have reached the maximum transmission power value configured for the cell group, the maximum transmission power value is raised.

3. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the power control section executes control so that the maximum transmission power value assumes a desired transmission power value for the specific cell group.

4. The user terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving section that receives an upper limit value of the maximum transmission power value for the specific cell group,

wherein the power control section controls the maximum transmission power value to be raised but not exceed the upper limit value.

5. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the power control section applies ramping to the maximum transmission power value until a state in which transmission power for the specific cell group has reached the maximum transmission power value configured for the cell group is resolved.

6. The user terminal according to claim 5, wherein the transmission section transmits a control signal for reporting a ramping index.

7. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the transmission section transmits a control signal comprising a power head room, the maximum transmission power value for the specific cell group and the maximum transmission power values for another cell group.

8. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the specific cell group is a master cell group.

9. A radio base station that forms a cell group comprised of one or more cells to use different frequencies, and that communicates with a user terminal by employing dual connectivity with another radio base station forming a different cell group, the radio base station comprising:

a transmission section that transmits a maximum transmission power value for each cell group to the user terminal;

a control section that controls transmission power within a range of the maximum transmission power value for a subject cell group; and

a receiving section that receives a report of change of the maximum transmission power values from the user terminal.

10. A radio communication method in a user terminal that communicates with a plurality of cell groups, each cell group being comprised of one or more cells that use different frequencies, the radio communication method comprising the steps of:

controlling a maximum transmission power value for each cell group, which is given by splitting allowable maximum transmission power of the subject user terminal semi-statically;

controlling the maximum transmission power value of a specific cell group to be changed when a predetermined condition is met; and

reporting the maximum transmission power value after the change to a radio base station forming the cell group.