Dynamic power amplifier backoff using headroom information

• US 8,391,196 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2007
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gorokhov, Alexei, Borran, Mohammad J., Agrawal, Avneesh, Bhushan, Naga, Kadous, Tamer, Naguib, Ayman Fawzy
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGO, NGUYEN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US11/923,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20080130589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: 370/229, 370/230, 370/236, 370/310, 370/311, 370/328, 370/329
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/04 TPC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/30 using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/563 of the wireless resources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/00 Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]

Abstract

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate mitigating effect of non-linear distortion from a power amplifier on a spectral mask margin. Power limit indications can be analyzed in scheduling mobile devices. Mobile devices with power limits can be scheduled on inner subbands. The power limits can be based at least in part on power amplifier headroom information. Other mobile devices can employ remaining portions of an allocated spectrum. Further, mobile devices can evaluate and establish a power amplifier backoff based upon the subband scheduling.

Claims

1. A method that mitigates non-linear distortion on spectral mask margin, comprising:

receiving a first power limit information from a first mobile device;

scheduling the first mobile device on an inner subband of an allocated spectrum in response to the first power limit information indicating high quality of service (QoS) with limited power amplifier size at a sector or cell edge;

determining a backoff for a power amplifier in the first mobile device based upon the scheduling of the first mobile device;

receiving a second power limit information from a second mobile device;

scheduling the second mobile device on a remaining portion of the allocated spectrum in response to the second power limit information indicating a large power amplifier size.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first power limit information includes power amplifier headroom information from the first mobile device, the power amplifier headroom includes periodic maximum receive power measurements related to a broadband assignment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the power amplifier headroom information from the first mobile device further includes advertised static differential measurements of the power amplifier headroom of the first mobile device related to the inner subband, an edge subband or a single base node.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising computing a power amplifier headroom measurement for the first mobile device by adding the advertised static differential measurement to the periodic maximum receive power measurements.

5. A mobile device comprising:

a power limit indicator to transmit to a base station a power limitation indication, the power limitation indication includes a power constraint of the mobile device;

a power amplifier; and

a backoff evaluator to provide a backoff value to the power amplifier, the backoff value dependent upon a spectral schedule assigned to the mobile device, wherein the backoff value depends upon a width of the spectral schedule assigned to the mobile device.

6. The mobile device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the power limitation indication includes location information of the mobile device.

7. The mobile device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the power limitation indication includes carrier-to-interference measured at the mobile device.

8. A method to limit non-linear amplifier distortion in a mobile phone, the method comprising:

transmitting a power limitation indication to a base station, the power limitation indication includes a power constraint of the mobile device;

the base station assigning a spectrum schedule to the mobile device based upon the power limitation indication;

generating a backoff value to a power amplifier of the mobile device, the backoff value dependent upon the spectrum schedule assigned to the mobile device, wherein the backoff value depends upon a width of the spectral schedule assigned to the mobile device.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein the power limitation indication includes location information of the mobile device.

10. The method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the power limitation indication includes carrier-to-interference measured at the mobile device.

11. An apparatus to limit non-linear amplifier distortion in a mobile phone, the apparatus comprising:

means for transmitting a power limitation indication to a base station, the power limitation indication includes a power constraint of the mobile device;

means for assigning a spectrum schedule to the mobile device based upon the power limitation indication;

means for generating a backoff value to a power amplifier of the mobile device, the backoff value dependent upon the spectrum schedule assigned to the mobile device, wherein the backoff value depends upon a width of the spectral schedule assigned to the mobile device.

12. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium embedded with a computer executable program including instructions such that a processor in a mobile device executing the computer executable program performs a procedure comprising:

transmitting a power limitation indication to a base station, the power limitation indication includes a power constraint of the mobile device;

generating a backoff value to a power amplifier of the mobile device, the backoff value dependent upon a spectral schedule assigned by the base station to the mobile device, wherein the backoff value depends upon a width of the spectral schedule assigned to the mobile device.

13. The article of manufacture as set forth in claim 12, wherein the power limitation indication includes location information of the mobile device.

14. The article of manufacture as set forth in claim 13, wherein the power limitation indication includes carrier-to-interference measured at the mobile device.