Communication of preferred power consumption configurations

• US 9,843,958 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Koc, Ali T., Jha, Satish C., Vannithamby, Rath, Gupta, Maruti
• Primary Examiner(s): SHIVERS, ASHLEY L
• Application Number:
  US15/013,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20160157178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
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Abstract

Technology for communicating power preference indication (PPI) message is described. A user equipment (UE) may receive PPI configuration information, from an evolved node B (eNB), wherein the PPI configuration information includes a predetermined threshold for a number of PPI messages that the UE can communicate to the eNB during a defined time window. The UE may communicate a plurality of PPI messages after sending a low power consumption configuration to the eNB during the defined time window, wherein the plurality of PPI messages each indicate a change in preferred power consumption configuration. The UE may detect that the plurality of PPI messages exceeds the predetermined threshold for the number of PPI messages that the UE can communicate to the eNB during the defined time window as defined in the PPI configuration information. The UE may initiate a threshold timer in response to the plurality of PPI messages exceeding the predetermined threshold to restrict additional PPI messages from being communicated to the eNB until expiration of the threshold timer.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) operable to communicate a power preference indication (PPI), the UE having one or more processors and memory configured to:

determine the power preference indication at the UE as one of a low power consumption or a normal power consumption;

start a power preference indication timer at the UE only when the power preference indication is set for the normal power consumption and an additional power preference indication can be communicated by the UE to an eNB upon expiry of the power preference indication timer;

set the power preference indication to a low power consumption, wherein the power preference indication timer is not started at the UE when the power preference indication is set to the low power consumption; and

communicate the power preference indication in a UE assistance information message to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN).

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to receive a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN, wherein the power preference indication configuration configures the UE to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the EUTRAN.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the EUTRAN when the UE has not transmitted UE assistance information messages to the EUTRAN since receiving a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN.

4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message, to the EUTRAN, wherein the UE assistance information indicates a different power preference indication than a last UE assistance information message communicated to the EUTRAN and the power preference indication timer is not running.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the EUTRAN, wherein the power preference indication is set to the normal power consumption.

6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to receive the PPI configuration information from the EUTRAN in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the power preference indication timer is a T340 timer.

8. The UE of claim 1, wherein the UE includes an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, internal memory, or a non-volatile memory port.

9. A method for communicating a power preference indication in a user equipment (UE) assistance information message, the method comprising:

identifying the power preference indication at the UE as one of a low power consumption or a normal power consumption;

starting a T340 timer at the UE only when the power preference indication is identified as the normal power consumption and an additional power preference indication can be communicated by the UE to an eNB upon expiry of the T340 timer;

set the power preference indication to a low power consumption, wherein the T340 timer is not started at the UE when the power preference indication is set to the low power consumption; and

communicating the identified power preference indication in the UE assistance information message from the UE to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN).

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN, wherein the power preference indication configuration configures the UE to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the EUTRAN.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the EUTRAN when the UE has not transmitted UE assistance information messages to the EUTRAN since receiving a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message, to the EUTRAN, wherein the UE assistance information indicates a different power preference indication than a last UE assistance information message communicated to the EUTRAN and the T340 timer is not running.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising setting the power preference indication to the low power consumption, wherein the T340 timer is not started when the power preference indication is set to the low power consumption.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the power preference indication of the normal power consumption in the UE assistance information message, to the EUTRAN, in response to the UE detecting an initialization of a delay sensitive application.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the T340 timer is a power preference indication timer.

17. A user equipment (UE) operable to communicate a UE assistance information message, the UE having computer circuitry comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a power preference indication configuration from an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN);

a determination module configured to determine the power preference indication at the UE as one of a low power consumption or a normal power consumption based on the power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN;

a timer module configured to start a power preference indication timer at the UE only when the power preference indication is set for the normal power consumption and an additional power preference indication can be communicated by the UE to an eNB upon expiry of the power preference indication timer;

a power preference indication timer configured to not start at the UE when the power preference indication is set to the low power consumption; and

a communication module configured to communicate the power preference indication in a UE assistance information message to a transceiver for communication to the EUTRAN.

18. The UE of claim 17, wherein the communication module is further configured to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message to the transceiver for communication to the EUTRAN when the UE has not transmitted UE assistance information messages to the EUTRAN since receiving a power preference indication configuration from the EUTRAN.

19. The UE of claim 17, wherein the communication module is further configured to communicate the power preference indication in the UE assistance information message, to the EUTRAN, wherein the UE assistance information indicates a different power preference indication than a last UE assistance information message communicated to the EUTRAN and the power preference indication timer is not running.

20. The UE of claim 17, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive the PPI configuration information from the EUTRAN in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.