Uplink power control for physical uplink control channel

• US 9,338,768 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Han, Seunghee, He, Hong, Bashar, Shafi, Fwu, Jong-Kae, Chen, Xiaogang
• Primary Examiner(s): Mered, Habte
• Application Number:
  US13/953,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20140029532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/00 : Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes gain control in transmitters or power amplifiers H03G3/3042
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 : controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 : Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 : Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 : in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for uplink transmit power control for transmitting periodic channel state information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate UCI that includes one or more sets of periodic channel state information (p-CSI) that respectively correspond with one or more serving cells or with one or more channel state information (CSI) processes; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 3 based on a radio resource control (RRC) parameter that corresponds to p-CSI transmissions,

wherein the RRC parameter provides a delta F offset that is a value provided for PUCCH format 3 and is relative to PUCCH format 1a and the value is selected from a set consisting of −

6 decibels (dB), −

5 dB, −

4 dB, −

3 dB, −

2 dB, −

1 dB, 0 dB, and 1 dB.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the UCI circuitry is to generate other UCI that includes HARQ-ACK information without p-CSI; and

the feedback circuitry is to determine uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI with PUCCH format 3 based on an RRC parameter that corresponds to HARQ-ACK transmissions.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an RRC layer to;

receive, from an RRC layer of a network equipment, the RRC parameter; and

configure the feedback circuitry based on the RRC parameter.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the value is −

6 decibels (dB), −

5 dB, −

4 dB, −

3 dB, or −

2 dB.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the value is −

2 decibels (dB), −

1 dB, 0 dB, or 1 dB.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the UCI circuitry is to generate UCI that includes p-CSI for a plurality of serving cells and the feedback circuitry is to transmit the UCI in a subframe of a primary serving cell of the plurality of serving cells.

7. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset;

the UCI includes more than 11 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to

provide spatial orthogonal transmit diversity or dual Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the PUCCH format is a PUCCH format 3.

9. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset,

the UCI includes less than 12 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to;

provide single Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

10. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset,

the UCI includes more than 11 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to;

provide spatial orthogonal transmit diversity or dual Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

11. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset,

the UCI includes less than 12 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to;

provide single Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

12. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset,

the UCI includes more than 11 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to;

provide spatial orthogonal transmit diversity or dual Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

13. An apparatus comprising:

uplink control information (UCI) circuitry to generate uplink control information (UCI) that includes;

periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells;

p-CSI for one or more channel state information (CSI)-processes;

or

p-CSI for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; and

feedback circuitry coupled with the UCI circuitry, the feedback circuitry to determine an uplink transmit power to transmit the UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format that utilizes a quadrature phase shift keying modulation scheme and provides up to 48 bits per subframe,

wherein;

the feedback circuitry is to determine the uplink transmit power based on a CSI offset,

the UCI includes less than 12 bits, and the feedback circuitry is to;

provide single Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

14. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a user equipment to comprising:

generate first uplink control information (UCI) that includes periodic channel state information (p-CSI) for a plurality of serving cells, a plurality of channel state information (CSI) processes, or for a single serving cell and hybrid automatic repeat request—

acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information, and

generate second UCI that includes HARQ-ACK information without p-CSI;

determine a first uplink transmit power to transmit the first UCI in a subframe with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 3 based on a CSI parameter, and

determine a second uplink transmit power to transmit the second UCI based on a HARQ-ACK parameter

wherein the CSI parameter is a radio resource control (RRC) parameter the provides a delta F offset that is a value provided for PUCCH format 3 and is relative to PUCCH format 1a and the value is selected from a set consisting of −

6 decibels (dB), −

5 dB, −

4 dB, −

3 dB, −

2 dB, −

1 dB, 0 dB, and 1 dB.

15. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the UCI includes more than 11 bits, the CSI parameter is a CSI offset, and instructions, when executed, cause the UE to:

provide spatial orthogonal transmit diversity or dual Reed Muller coding; and

determine the uplink transmit power based on

16. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the value is −

6 decibels (dB), −

5 dB, −

4 dB, −

3 dB, or −

2 dB.

17. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the value is −

2 decibels (dB), −

1 dB, 0 dB, or 1 dB.

18. A user equipment comprising:

the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14;

one or more processors coupled with the one or more computer-readable media to execute the instructions; and

a touchscreen user interface.