SUSTAINING LONG TERM EVOLUTION TRAFFIC IN POWER LIMITED DUAL CONNECTIVITY SCENARIOS

• US 20200137819A1
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: SHI, Yongsheng, ANCHAN, Kirankumar Bhoja, WANG, Shanshan, SHAHIDI, Reza
• Granted Patent: US 11,395,360 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00698 using different RATs
• 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 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that the UE is in an active communication session using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the UE is operating in a dual connectivity mode that uses a master cell group for the first RAT and a secondary cell group for a second RAT; determine that the UE is configured with a maximum transmit power, for the first RAT in the dual connectivity mode, that is less than a maximum transmit power threshold; determine that at least one of a power headroom (PHR) value or an estimated uplink block error rate (BLER) satisfies a condition; and transmit an indication that the secondary cell group has failed based at least in part on those determinations. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims

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

determining that the UE is in an active communication session using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the UE is operating in a dual connectivity mode that uses a master cell group for the first RAT and a secondary cell group for a second RAT;

determining that the UE is configured with a maximum transmit power, for the first RAT in the dual connectivity mode, that is less than a maximum transmit power threshold;

determining that at least one of a power headroom (PHR) value or an estimated uplink block error rate (BLER) satisfies a condition; and

transmitting an indication that the secondary cell group has failed based at least in part on determining that the UE is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the UE is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is a Long Term Evolution RAT and the second RAT is a New Radio RAT.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum transmit power threshold is a maximum transmit power for the UE on the first RAT when not operating in the dual connectivity mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum transmit power threshold is a maximum transmit power of a power class of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER satisfies the condition comprises at least one of:

determining that the PHR value is less than or equal to a first threshold,

determining that the estimated uplink BLER is greater than or equal to a second threshold, or

a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is transmitted in a secondary cell group failure information message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication does not include measurement results for the second RAT.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising refraining from at least one of performing measurements for the second RAT or reporting measurement results for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that the UE is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the UE is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the active communication session has been terminated; and

triggering measurement reporting for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that the active communication session has been terminated.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein triggering the measurement reporting causes the secondary cell group to be re-established.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition; and

triggering measurement reporting for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein triggering the measurement reporting causes the secondary cell group to be re-established.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition comprises:

determining that the PHR value is greater than or equal to a first threshold, determining that the estimated uplink BLER is less than or equal to a second threshold, or

a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the UE is configured to trigger measurement reporting for the second RAT based at least in part on a determination that a hysteresis timer has expired.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the active communication session includes at least one of:

a voice call,

a high priority communication session, or

a combination thereof.

16. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to;

determine that the UE is in an active communication session using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the UE is operating in a dual connectivity mode that uses a master cell group for the first RAT and a secondary cell group for a second RAT;

determine that the UE is configured with a maximum transmit power, for the first RAT in the dual connectivity mode, that is less than a maximum transmit power threshold;

determine that at least one of a power headroom (PHR) value or an estimated uplink block error rate (BLER) satisfies a condition; and

transmit an indication that the secondary cell group has failed based at least in part on determining that the UE is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the UE is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.

17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the first RAT is a Long Term Evolution RAT and the second RAT is a New Radio RAT.

18. The UE of claim 16, wherein the maximum transmit power threshold is at least one of:

a maximum transmit power for the UE on the first RAT when not operating in the dual connectivity mode, or

a maximum transmit power of a power class of the UE.

19. The UE of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors, when determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER satisfies the condition, are configured to at least one of:

determine that the PHR value is less than or equal to a first threshold,

determine that the estimated uplink BLER is greater than or equal to a second threshold, or

a combination thereof.

20. The UE of claim 16, wherein the indication is transmitted in a secondary cell group failure information message.

21. The UE of claim 16, wherein the indication does not include measurement results for the second RAT.

22. The UE of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to refrain from at least one of performing measurements for the second RAT or reporting measurement results for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that the UE is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the UE is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.

23. The UE of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that the active communication session has been terminated; and

trigger measurement reporting for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that the active communication session has been terminated.

24. The UE of claim 23, wherein triggering the measurement reporting causes the secondary cell group to be re-established.

25. The UE of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition; and

trigger measurement reporting for the second RAT based at least in part on determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition.

26. The UE of claim 25, wherein triggering the measurement reporting causes the secondary cell group to be re-established.

27. The UE of claim 25, wherein the one or more processors, when determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated uplink BLER no longer satisfies the condition, are configured to:

determine that the PHR value is greater than or equal to a first threshold,

determine that the estimated uplink BLER is less than or equal to a second threshold, or

a combination thereof.

28. The UE of claim 16, wherein the active communication session includes at least one of:

a voice call,

a high priority communication session, or

a combination thereof.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the one or more processors to;

determine that the UE is in an active communication session using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the UE is operating in a dual connectivity mode that uses a master cell group for the first RAT and a secondary cell group for a second RAT;

determine that the UE is configured with a maximum transmit power, for the first RAT in the dual connectivity mode, that is less than a maximum transmit power threshold;

determine that at least one of a power headroom (PHR) value or an estimated uplink block error rate (BLER) satisfies a condition; and

transmit an indication that the secondary cell group has failed based at least in part on determining that the UE is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the UE is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for determining that the apparatus is in an active communication session using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the apparatus is operating in a dual connectivity mode that uses a master cell group for the first RAT and a secondary cell group for a second RAT;

means for determining that the apparatus is configured with a maximum transmit power, for the first RAT in the dual connectivity mode, that is less than a maximum transmit power threshold;

means for determining that at least one of a power headroom (PHR) value or an estimated uplink block error rate (BLER) satisfies a condition; and

means for transmitting an indication that the secondary cell group has failed based at least in part on determining that the apparatus is in the active communication session using the first RAT, determining that the apparatus is configured with the maximum transmit power that is less than the maximum transmit power threshold, and determining that at least one of the PHR value or the estimated BLER satisfies the condition.