Method and terminal for performing up-link transmission at reduced power

• US 9,635,607 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sangwook, Hwang, Jinyup, Jung, Manyoung, Yang, Yoonoh, Lim, Suhwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Jain, Raj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chuong M
• Application Number:
  US14/416,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0206 in access points, e.g. base stations access point devices per se H04W88/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/248 where transmission power control commands are generated based on a path parameter
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of performing up-link transmission at a reduced power. According to the method, system information may be received from a base station. The system information may include one or more of first information on an operating band and second information on an up-link bandwidth. Also, according to the method, a network signal for an additional power reduction may be received from the base station. Also, according to the method, when an operating band indicated by the first information is within a range of 777 MHz to 787 MHz and a bandwidth indicated by the second information is 5 MHz, namely, 777 MHz to 782 MHz, an additionally required power reduction may be determined in order to decrease interference to the band of an adjacently located public safety network according to the network signal, and up-link transmission at the reduced power may be performed.

Claims

1. A method for performing an uplink transmission at a reduced power, the method comprising:

receiving system information from a base station, the system information including information on an operating band and an uplink bandwidth;

receiving a network signal regarding additional power reduction from the base station;

determining a power reduction amount additionally required to reduce interference to a band of a public safety network adjacently positioned to the operating band according to the network signal, when the operating band is within a range of 777 MHz to 787 MHz and the uplink bandwidth is 5 MHz in a range of 777 MHz to 782 MHz; and

performing the uplink transmission at the reduced power based on the determined power reduction amount,

wherein a bandwidth of a protection band between the band of the public safety network and the operating band is 1 MHz,

wherein the network signal regarding additional power reduction for the protection band of 1 MHz is different from a signal regarding additional power reduction for another protection band of 2 MHz, and

wherein a power reduction amount determined for the protection band of 1 MHz is larger than a power reduction amount for the another protection band of 2 MHz.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

when the band of the public safety network is separated from the operating band by 1 MHz, the band of the public safety network is within the range of 768 MHz to 776 MHz, and

when the band of the public safety network is separated from the operating band by 2 MHz, the band of the public safety network is within a range of 769 MHz to 775 MHz.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a scheduling request to the base station; and

receiving information on an uplink resource allocated from the base station.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the power reduction amount determined for the protection band of 1 MHz varies depending on a start position of an uplink resource block indicated by information on the uplink resource and a number of continued resource blocks.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the network signal for the protection band of 1 MHz is different from NS-07 defined in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

6. A terminal for performing an uplink transmission at a reduced power, the terminal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to receive system information from a base station, the system information including information on an operating band and an uplink bandwidth, and receive a network signal regarding additional power reduction from the base station; and

a processor configured to;

determine a power reduction amount additionally required to reduce interference to a band of a public safety network adjacently positioned to the operating band according to the network signal when the operating band is within a range of 777 MHz to 787 MHz and the uplink bandwidth is 5 MHz in a range of 777 MHz to 782 MHz, and

control the RF unit to perform the uplink transmission at the reduced power based on the determined power reduction amount,

wherein a bandwidth of a protection band between the band of the public safety network and the operating band is 1 MHz,

wherein the network signal regarding additional power reduction for the protection band of 1 MHz is different from a signal regarding additional power reduction for another protection band of 2 MHz, and

wherein a power reduction amount determined for the protection band of 1 MHz is larger than a power reduction amount for the another protection band of 2 MHz.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein:

when the band of the public safety network is separated from the operating band by 1 MHz, the band of the public safety network is within the range of 768 MHz to 776 MHz, and

when the band of the public safety network is separated from the operating band by 2 MHz, the band of the public safety network is within a range of 769 MHz to 775 MHz.

8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the RF unit transmits a scheduling request to the base station and receives information on an uplink resource allocated from the base station.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the power reduction amount determined for the protection band of 1 MHz varies depending on a start position of an uplink resource block indicated by information on the uplink resource and a number of continued resource blocks.

10. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the network signal for the protection band of 1 MHz is different from NS-07 defined in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).