Method for controlling transmission power in a wireless access system and apparatus for same

• US 9,706,498 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sangwook, Jung, Manyoung, Yang, Yoonoh, Lim, Suhwan, Lee, Byongyol
• Primary Examiner(s): Grey, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US14/118,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20140071933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,847 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/04 TPC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/281 taking into account user or data type priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling transmission power in a wireless access system that supports an operation in an unlicensed band, and to an apparatus for same. More particularly, the method for controlling the transmission power of a terminal in a wireless access system that supports a TV white space (TV WS) band comprises the steps of: allocating, to a terminal, an available frequency band which is not used by a licensed device from among the TV WS band; calculating, if a receiving band of another device exists in a band adjacent to the available frequency band, the maximum transmission power value of the terminal based on a level of interference which will not affect the reception of another device; and transmitting, to the terminal, transmission power control information for correcting the transmission power of the terminal on the basis of the maximum transmission power value.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a transmission power of a user equipment by a base station in a wireless communication system supportive of an unlicensed frequency band, the method comprising:

assigning, by the base station to the user equipment, a frequency band unused by a licensed device in the unlicensed frequency band;

receiving, by the base station from the user equipment, information indicating whether a power measured by the user equipment on a frequency band adjacent to the assigned frequency band has a value between a first threshold value and a second threshold value;

determining, by the base station based on the received information, whether a receiving frequency band of another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band,

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has a value other than the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device does not exist adjacent to the assigned frequency band;

calculating, by the base station, a maximum transmission power value of the user equipment based on a level of interference which does not affect receiving by another device on the receiving frequency band of the another device, when the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band; and

transmitting, by the base station to the user equipment, transmission power control information for correcting a transmission power of the user equipment based on the calculated maximum transmission power value.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a network, information indicating whether the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, through usage information of the unlicensed frequency band shared with another base station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power control information comprises A-MPR (Additional Maximum Power Reduction).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power control information is transmitted using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power control information is transmitted using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

12. The method of claim 1, wherein correcting the transmission power of the user equipment includes configuring a maximum transmission power of the user equipment by the maximum transmission power value indicated by the received transmission power control information.

5. A method for controlling a transmission power by a user equipment in a wireless communication system supportive of an unlicensed frequency band, the method comprising:

configuring, by the user equipment, a frequency band unused by a licensed device in the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency band being assigned by a base station;

transmitting, by the user equipment to the base station, information indicating whether a power measured by the user equipment on a frequency band adjacent to the assigned frequency band has a value between a first threshold value and a second threshold value,

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, a receiving frequency band of another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has a value other than the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device does not exist adjacent to the assigned frequency band;

receiving, by the user equipment from the base station, transmission power correction information indicating a maximum transmission power value of the user equipment,

wherein the maximum transmission power value is calculated by the base station based on a level of interference which does not affect receiving by the another device on the receiving frequency band of the another device, when the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the configured frequency band; and

correcting, by the user equipment, a transmission power of the user equipment based on the received transmission power correction information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band by performing a frequency scan on the receiving frequency band of the another device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the maximum transmission power value is calculated in consideration of performance of a RF (radio frequency) unit of the user equipment.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmission power correction information is received using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmission power correction information is received using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

15. The method of claim 5, wherein correcting the transmission power of the user equipment includes configuring, by the user equipment, a maximum transmission power of the user equipment by the maximum transmission power value indicated by the received transmission power correction information.

8. A base station configured to operate in a wireless communication system supportive of an unlicensed frequency band, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transceive a wireless signal; and

a processor configured to;

assign, to a user equipment, a frequency band unused by a licensed device in the unlicensed frequency band,

control receiving, from the user equipment, information indicating whether a power measured by the user equipment on a frequency band adjacent to the assigned frequency band has a value between a first threshold value and a second threshold value,

determine, based on the received information, whether a receiving frequency band of another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band,

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has a value other than the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device does not exist adjacent to the assigned frequency band,

calculate a maximum transmission power value of the user equipment based on a level of interference which does not affect receiving by the another device on the receiving frequency band of the another device, when the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

control transmitting, to the user equipment, transmission power control information for correcting a transmission power of the user equipment based on the calculated maximum transmission power value.

9. A user equipment configured to operate in a wireless communication system supportive of an unlicensed frequency band, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transceive a wireless signal; and

a processor configured to;

configure a frequency band unused by a licensed device in the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency band being assigned by a base station,

control transmitting, to the base station, information indicating whether a power measured by the user equipment on a frequency band adjacent to the assigned frequency band has a value between a first threshold value and a second threshold value,

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, a receiving frequency band of another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

wherein when the power measured by the user equipment on the adjacent frequency band has a value other than the value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the receiving frequency band of the another device does not exist adjacent to the assigned frequency band,

control receiving, from the base station, transmission power correction information indicating a maximum transmission power value of the user equipment,

wherein the maximum transmission power value is calculated by the base station based on a level of interference which does not affect receiving by another device on the receiving frequency band of the another device, when the receiving frequency band of the another device exists adjacent to the assigned frequency band, and

correct a transmission power of the user equipment based on the received transmission power correction information.