Signal transmission power adjustment in a wireless device

• US 9,736,795 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
• Primary Examiner(s): Elallam, Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US14/966,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20160112971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2618 using hybrid code-time division multiple access [CDMA-TDMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/34 TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/346 distributing total power among users or channels
• 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 72/0473 the resource being transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless device transmits a first signal in a first cell group and transmits a second signal in a second cell group. The wireless device adjusts a signal transmission power of one of the first signal and the second signal if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power and if an overlapping in time exceeds a first duration.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group; and

transmitting a first signal in a first subframe of the first cell group and transmitting a second signal via the second cell group, wherein the first signal overlaps, in time, with the second signal in a second subframe, and wherein a signal transmission power of the first signal is scaled if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power and if a duration of the overlap in time exceeds a duration threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the first signal comprises transmitting the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the second signal comprises transmitting the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a transmission power is less than or equal to the allowable transmission power during the overlap in time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

9. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to;

receive at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group; and

transmit a first signal in a first subframe of the first cell group and transmit a second signal via the second cell group, wherein the first signal overlaps, in time, with the second signal in a second subframe, and wherein a signal transmission power of at least one of the first signal and the second signal is scaled if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power and if a duration of the overlap in time exceeds a duration threshold.

10. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

11. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

12. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

13. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.

14. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a transmission power is less than or equal to the allowable transmission power during the overlap in time.

15. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

16. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

17. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to;

receive at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group; and

transmit a first signal starting in a first subframe of a cell of the first cell group, and transmit, overlapping in time with the first signal, a second signal starting in a second subframe of the second cell group, wherein a signal transmission power of the second signal is adjusted if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power, and wherein the power value is based at least in part on a transmission power of the first signal and the second signal if the first subframe and the second subframe overlap in time more than a duration threshold.

18. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

19. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

20. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

21. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

22. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

23. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a calculated total transmission power is less than or equal to a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device during the overlap in time.

24. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.

25. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station, at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group;

receiving, by a wireless device, the at least one control message; and

transmitting a first signal in a first subframe of the first cell group and transmitting a second signal via the second cell group, wherein the first signal overlaps, in time, with the second signal in a second subframe, and wherein a signal transmission power of the first signal is scaled if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power and if a duration of the overlap in time exceeds a duration threshold.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting the first signal comprises transmitting the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting the second signal comprises transmitting the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a transmission power is less than or equal to the allowable transmission power during the overlap in time.

31. The method of claim 25, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

32. The method of claim 25, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

33. A system comprising:

a base station comprising;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, cause the base station to;

transmit at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group; and

a wireless device comprising;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to;

receive the at least one control message; and

transmit a first signal in a first subframe of the first cell group and transmit a second signal via the second cell group, wherein the first signal overlaps, in time, with the second signal in a second subframe, and wherein a signal transmission power of at least one of the first signal and the second signal is scaled if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power and if a duration of the overlap in time exceeds a duration threshold.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal, cause the wireless device to transmit the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

36. The system of claim 33, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

37. The system of claim 33, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.

38. The system of claim 33, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a transmission power is less than or equal to the allowable transmission power during the overlap in time.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

40. The system of claim 33, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

41. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a first cell group and a second cell group, wherein;

uplink transmission timing associated with the first cell group is based on a first cell of the first cell group; and

uplink transmission timing associated with the second cell group is based on a second cell of the second cell group; and

transmitting a first signal starting in a first subframe of a cell of the first cell group, and transmitting, overlapping in time with the first signal, a second signal starting in a second subframe of the second cell group, wherein a signal transmission power of the second signal is adjusted if a power value exceeds an allowable transmission power, and wherein the power value is based at least in part on a transmission power of the first signal and the second signal if the first subframe and the second subframe overlap in time more than a duration threshold.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the transmitting the first signal comprises transmitting the first signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the transmitting the second signal comprises transmitting the second signal via one or more of:

a physical uplink control channel;

or

a physical uplink shared channel.

44. The method of claim 41, wherein the first signal comprises a random access preamble.

45. The method of claim 41, wherein the allowable transmission power is a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein the power value is a calculated total transmission power associated with the wireless device.

47. The method of claim 41, wherein the duration threshold is configured such that a calculated total transmission power is less than or equal to a maximum allowable transmission power associated with the wireless device during the overlap in time.

48. The method of claim 41, wherein the duration threshold is more than twenty micro seconds.