POWER CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE

• US 20190327695A1
• Filed: 07/02/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: REN, Haibao, WANG, Zheng, WANG, Ting, LI, Yuanjie
• Application Number:
  US16/460,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20190327695A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/08 Closed loop power control
• 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 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/42 in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/54 Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/046 the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0473 the resource being transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a power control method, including: sending, by a first device, a first message to a second device, where the first message includes power control information for a first beam of the second device, the first beam includes at least one beam, and the power control information includes a power control command; and receiving a signal sent by the second device by using the first beam, where a transmit power of a signal on the first beam is determined based on the power control information. The power control method provided in the embodiments of this application fully considers characteristics of NR to ensure efficient and proper allocation of power and thereby improve overall performance of a system.

Claims

1. A power control method, comprising:

sending, by a first device, a first message to a second device, wherein the first message comprises power control information for a first beam of the second device, the first beam comprises at least one beam, and the power control information comprises a power control command; and

receiving, by the first device, a signal sent by the second device using the first beam, wherein a transmit power of the signal is determined based on the power control information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a sending occasion of the first message is associated with the first beam.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first message further comprises power control information for a second beam, and locations of the power control information for the first beam and the power control information for the second beam in the first message are determined based on configuration information, the second beam comprises at least one beam, and the configuration information is related to indexes of beams communicating with the first device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power control information further comprises an identifier of the first beam.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first device to the second device, information indicating a quantity of pieces of power control information carried in the first message.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first device, a second message from the second device, wherein the second message comprises information indicating a capability of sharing power among beams of the second device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the second message further comprises a sum of maximum transmit powers of beams among which power is shared and/or maximum transmit powers of beams among which power is not shared.

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

sending, by the first device, a third message to the second device, wherein the third message comprises information about a maximum transmit power allowed by the first device, wherein the information about the allowed maximum transmit power comprises respective maximum transmit powers allowed for the beams among which power is not shared and/or a sum of maximum transmit powers allowed for the beams among which power is shared.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the third message further comprises information of beams allowed by the first device to participate in power sharing.

10. A power control method, comprising:

receiving, by a second device, a first message from a first device, wherein the first message comprises power control information for a first beam of the second device, the first beam comprises at least one beam, and the power control information comprises a power control command; and

sending, by the second device on the first beam, a signal to the first device, wherein a transmit power of the signal on the first beam is determined based on the power control information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the power control information further comprises an identifier of the first beam.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the second device from the first device, information indicating a quantity of pieces of power control information carried in the first message.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

sending, by the second device, a second message to the first device, wherein the second message comprises information indicating a capability of sharing power among beams of the second device.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second message further comprises a sum of maximum transmit powers of beams among which power is shared and/or maximum transmit powers of beams among which power is not shared.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, by the second device, a third message from the first device, wherein the third message comprises information about a maximum transmit power allowed by the first device, wherein the information about the allowed maximum transmit power comprises respective maximum transmit powers allowed for the beams among which power is not shared and/or a sum of maximum transmit powers allowed for the beams among which power is shared.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the third message further comprises information of beams allowed by the first device to participate in power sharing.

17. A communications device, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send a first message to a second device, wherein the first message comprises power control information for a first beam of the second device, the first beam comprises at least one beam, and the power control information comprises a power control command; and

a receiver, configured to receive a signal sent by the second device using the first beam, wherein a transmit power of the signal is determined based on the power control information.

18. The device according to claim 17, wherein a sending occasion of the first message is associated with the first beam.

19. The device according to claim 17, wherein the first message further comprises power control information for a second beam, and locations of the power control information for the first beam and the power control information for the second beam in the first message are determined based on configuration information, the second beam comprises at least one beam, and the configuration information is related to indexes of beams communicating with the first device.

20. The device according to claim 17, wherein the power control information further comprises an identifier of the first beam.