Combined open loop/closed loop (CQI-based) uplink transmit power control with interference mitigation for E-UTRA

• US 8,644,876 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shin, Sung-Hyuk, Grieco, Donald M., Olesen, Robert L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sorowar, Golam
• Application Number:
  US13/647,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035132A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 375/130, 375/295, 375/144, 375/260, 375/267, 375/299, 375/340, 455/68, 455/69, 455/522, 455/450, 455/452.1, 455/509, 455/524, 370/204, 370/208, 370/335, 370/412, 370/216, 370/280, 370/311, 370/329, 370/328, 370/400, 370/431, 370/330, 370/342, 370/350
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/08 Closed loop power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/10 Open loop power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/241 taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR, Eb/lo
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/246 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter calculated in said terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/262 taking into account adaptive modulation and coding [AMC] scheme AMC per se H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/265 taking into account the quality of service QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/286 during data packet transmission, e.g. high speed packet access [HSPA]

Abstract

A combined open loop and closed loop (channel quality indicator (CQI)-based) transmit power control (TPC) scheme with interference mitigation for a long term evolution (LTE) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The transmit power of the WTRU is derived based on a target signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) and a pathloss value. The pathloss value pertains to the downlink signal from a serving evolved Node-B (eNodeB) and includes shadowing. An interference and noise value of the serving eNodeB is included in the transmit power derivation, along with an offset constant value to adjust for downlink (DL) reference signal power and actual transmit power. A weighting factor is also used based on the availability of CQI feedback.

Claims

1. An integrated circuit comprising:

circuitry configured to receive downlink control information including both uplink scheduling information and transmit power control (TPC) information, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes modulation and coding set (MCS) information;

the circuitry further configured to determine a transmit power level for a physical uplink channel based on at least a measured pathloss, the TPC information, the MCS information, and a weighting factor, α

, where α

;

has a value from 0 to 1; and

is multiplied to the measured pathloss; and

the circuitry further configured to output a signal based on the scheduling information and the determined transmit power level for transmission on a physical uplink channel.

2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the determined transmit power level is based at least in part on a closed loop power control factor.

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the determined transmit power level is based on a maximum transmit power level.

5. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the determined transmit power level is further based on a quality factor associated with channel quality indication (CQI) information of the PUCCH.

7. The WTRU according to claim 5, wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

8. The WTRU according to claim 5, wherein the determined transmit power level is based at least in part on a closed loop power control factor.

9. The WTRU according to claim 5, wherein the determined transmit power level is based on a maximum transmit power level.

10. The WTRU according to claim 5, wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the determined transmit power level is further based on a quality factor associated with channel quality indication (CQI) information of the PUCCH.

6. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

circuitry configured to receive downlink control information including both uplink scheduling information and transmit power control (TPC) information, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes modulation and coding set (MCS) information;

the circuitry further configured to determine a transmit power level for a physical uplink channel based on at least a measured pathloss, the TPC information, the MCS information, and a weighting factor, α

, where α

;

has a value from 0 to 1; and

is multiplied to the measured pathloss; and

the circuitry further configured to output a signal based on the scheduling information and the determined transmit power level for transmission on a physical uplink channel.