Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof

• US 9,596,662 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sang Bum, Kim, Soeng Hun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan, Jeong, Kyeong In
• Primary Examiner(s): PHU, SANH D
• Application Number:
  US14/632,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20150173030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522, 455/67.11, 455/226.1, 455/63.1, 455/127.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/228 using past power values or information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/365 Power headroom reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/545 modifying TPC bits in special situations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• 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 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.

Claims

1. A method by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information including a prohibit power headroom report (PHR) timer for a PHR and information indicating whether a PHR format for a user equipment (UE) is an extended PHR to the UE; and

receiving the PHR corresponding to the PHR format from the UE,

wherein the PHR is triggered at the UE, when the prohibit PHR timer is expired,

wherein the received PHR is the extended PHR including a maximum transmission power generated based on a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR) and an indicator indicating whether the UE applies the P-MPR, if the PHR format for the UE is the extended PHR,

wherein the received PHR is a normal PHR without the indicator if the PHR format for the UE is not the extended PHR, and

wherein the indicator is set to 1 if the maximum transmission power included in the extended PHR is different from a maximum transmission power not applying a power back-off due to a power management.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is transmitted using a media access control-mainconfig information element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the maximum transmission power is determined by the UE according to a first parameter provided from the base station and a second parameter previously set by the UE.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator is set to 0 if the maximum transmission power is not different from a maximum transmission power not applying the power back-off due to the power management.

5. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a controller configured to;

transmit configuration information including a prohibit power headroom report (PHR) timer for a PHR and information indicating whether a PHR format for a user equipment (UE) is an extended PHR to the UE, and

receive the PHR corresponding to the PHR format from the UE,

wherein the PHR is triggered at the UE, when the prohibit PHR timer is expired,

wherein the received PHR is the extended PHR including a maximum transmission power generated based on a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR) and an indicator indicating whether the UE applies the P-MPR, if the PHR format for the UE is the extended PHR,

wherein the received PHR is a normal PHR without the indicator if the PHR format for the UE is not the extended PHR, and

wherein the indicator is set to 1 if the maximum transmission power included in the extended PHR is different from a maximum transmission power not applying a power back-off due to a power management.

6. The base station of claim 5, wherein the configuration information is transmitted using a media access control-mainconfig information element (MAC-MainConfig IE).

7. The base station of claim 5, wherein the maximum transmission power is determined by the UE according to a first parameter provided from the base station and a second parameter previously set by the UE.

8. The base station of claim 5, wherein the indicator is set to 0 if the maximum transmission power is not different from a maximum transmission power not applying the power back-off due to the power management.