Method and apparatus for controlling a TX power amplifier
First Claim
1. A method of controlling output power in an inter-slot region of a multi-slot wireless communication device, comprising:
- providing a first power value in a first slot at a first time immediately before the inter-slot region;
providing a second power value in a second slot at a second time immediately after the inter-slot region, wherein the second slot is adjacent to the first slot and the second slot uses a different modulation type than the first slot;
determining a first original power curve in accordance with the first slot;
determining a second original power curve in accordance with the second slot; and
configuring or generating an output power curve in the inter-slot region according to the original power curves, wherein at least one output power value of the output power curve is substantially less than each of the first power value and the second power value.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for controlling a TX power amplifier are provided. The method is for generating a power control curve in an inter-slot region between two continuous or adjacent time slots, which respectively have different modulation types. The method and apparatus produces a concave inter-slot ramp control curve for reducing the power of the TX power amplifier in the inter-slot region, where the power for signal transmission is transformed from a first power value K1 to a second power value K2. The method and apparatus further estimates a transient period of the concave inter-slot ramp control curve, during which modulation switching of the TX power amplifier may occur.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of controlling output power in an inter-slot region of a multi-slot wireless communication device, comprising:
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providing a first power value in a first slot at a first time immediately before the inter-slot region; providing a second power value in a second slot at a second time immediately after the inter-slot region, wherein the second slot is adjacent to the first slot and the second slot uses a different modulation type than the first slot; determining a first original power curve in accordance with the first slot; determining a second original power curve in accordance with the second slot; and configuring or generating an output power curve in the inter-slot region according to the original power curves, wherein at least one output power value of the output power curve is substantially less than each of the first power value and the second power value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for controlling output power in an inter-slot region of a multi-slot wireless communication device, comprising:
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a device configured to provide (i) a first power value in a first slot at a first time immediately before the inter-slot region and (ii) a second power value in a second slot at a second time immediately after the inter-slot region, wherein the second slot is adjacent to the first slot and the second slot uses a different modulation type than the first slot; an output curve generator configured to determine a first original power curve in accordance with the first slot, determine a second original power curve in accordance with the second slot, and configure or generate an output power curve according to the original power curves; and a controller configured to adjust the output power in the inter-slot region according to the output power curve, wherein at least one output power value of the output power curve is substantially less than the first power value and the second power value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A multi-slot wireless communication system, comprising:
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a base station; and a mobile unit configured to communicate with the base station by a plurality of slots, comprising; a transmission power amplifier; a device configured to provide (i) a first power value in a first slot at a first time immediately before an inter-slot region and (ii) a second power value in a second slot at a second time immediately after the inter-slot region, wherein the second slot is adjacent to the first slot and the second slot uses a different modulation type than the first slot; a memory configured to provide a first original power curve in accordance with the first slot and a second original power curve in accordance with the second slot; a curve generator, connected to the measurement device and the memory, configured to generate an output power curve in the inter-slot region according to the original power curves, wherein at least one output power value of the output power curve is substantially less than the first power value and the second power value; and a controller, coupled to the curve generator and the transmission power amplifier, configured to adjust the output power of the transmission power amplifier according to the output power curve. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of controlling output power in an inter-slot region of a multi-slot wireless communication device, comprising:
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providing a first power value in a first slot at a first time immediately before the inter-slot region; providing a second power value in a second slot at a second time immediately after the inter-slot region, wherein the second slot is adjacent to the first slot and the second slot uses a different modulation type than the first slot; generating a first portion of an output power curve from a first original power curve, wherein generating the first portion of the output power curve comprises performing a first mathematical operation on the first original power curve and the first power value and the first mathematical operation comprises adding a predetermined power value to at least one of the first original power curve and the first power value; generating a second portion of the output power curve from a second original power curve, wherein generating the second portion of the output power curve comprises performing a second mathematical operation on the second original power curve and the second power value and the second mathematical operation comprises adding the predetermined power value to at least one of the second original power curve and the second power value; and adjusting said an output power in the inter-slot region according to the output power curve, wherein at least one output power value of the output power curve is substantially less than each of the first power value and the second power value.
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