Power headroom report method and apparatus of UE

• US 9,451,564 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng Hun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho, Hong
• Application Number:
  US14/645,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• 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 52/54 Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/545 modifying TPC bits in special situations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• 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: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.

Claims

1. A method by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether power backoff is applied due to power management if a power headroom report (PHR) is triggered;

identifying whether an extended PHR is configured;

generating an extended power headroom (PH) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) if the extended PHR is configured; and

transmitting the extended PH MAC CE to a base station,

wherein a first bit of an octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a PH MAC CE if the extended PHR is not configured; and

transmitting the PH MAC CE to the base station,

wherein a first bit of the PH MAC CE is set to 0.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first bit of the octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set to 1, if the power backoff is applied due to the power management.

4. A method by a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information to a terminal; and

receiving an extended power headroom (PH) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from the terminal, if the configuration information configures an extended PHR,

wherein a first bit of an octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set based on a determination that whether power backoff is applied due to power management by the terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a PH MAC CE from the terminal, if the configuration information does not configure an extended PHR,

wherein a first bit of the PH MAC CE is set to 0.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first bit of the octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set to 1, if the power backoff is applied due to the power management.

7. A terminal in a mobile communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured;

to determine whether power backoff is applied due to power management if a power headroom report (PHR) is triggered,

to identify whether an extended PHR is configured,

to generate an extended power headroom (PH) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) if the extended PHR is configured, and

to transmit the extended PH MAC CE to a base station,

wherein a first bit of an octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set based on the determination.

8. The terminal of claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured:

to generate a PH MAC CE if the extended PHR is not configured, and

to transmit the PH MAC CE to the base station,

wherein a first bit of the PH MAC CE is set to 0.

9. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the first bit of the octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set to 1, if the power backoff is applied due to the power management.

10. A base station in a mobile communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured;

to transmit configuration information to a terminal, and

to receive an extended power headroom (PH) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from the terminal, if the configuration information configures an extended PHR,

wherein a first bit of an octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set based on a determination that whether power backoff is applied due to the power management by the terminal.

11. The base station of claim 10,

wherein the controller is further configured to receive a PH MAC CE from the terminal, if the configuration information does not configure an extended PHR, and

wherein a first bit of the PH MAC CE is set to 0.

12. The base station of claim 10, wherein the first bit of the octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set to 1, if the power backoff is applied due to the power management.