Method for determining transmit power in coverage enhancement scenario and device

• US 9,844,010 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiangdong, Xia, Jinhuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, John J
• Application Number:
  US15/221,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 455522, 4554561, 455 69, 4554521
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/08 by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/226 using past references to control power, e.g. look-up-table
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/36 with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario and a device resolve a problem that the prior art lacks a solution to determining a transmit power of a preamble sequence in a random access process in the coverage enhancement scenario. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and determining, by the terminal according to the obtained configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, so as to determine the transmit power used for transmitting the signal in the coverage enhancement scenario.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to obtain configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

a processor, configured to determine, according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein when the configuration information comprises a quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at each coverage enhancement level, the processor is configured to;

according to the quantity of repetition times comprised in the configuration information, determine a quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and

according to the determined quantity of repetition times, determine the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

according to a correspondence between a quantity of repetition times and a power compensation value, determine a power compensation value corresponding to the quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and

according to the determined power compensation value, determine the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the power compensation value cannot be obtained according to the configuration information, determine that the transmit power used by the terminal for transmitting the signal is the maximum transmit power of the terminal.

4. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to obtain configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

a processor, configured to determine, according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein the processor is configured to determine, according to the following formula, the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

P=min {P_MAX,PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI+PL},

wherein P is the transmit power of transmitting the signal by the terminal, P_MAX is a maximum transmit power of the terminal, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI is a target received power determined according to the power compensation value corresponding to the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, and PL is a path loss.

5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to determine the target received power according to the following formula:

PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI=preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower+DELTA_PREAMBLE_G_Ri;

or,

PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI=preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower+DELTA_PREAMBLE_G_Ri+(PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER_CI−

1)*powerRampingStep_CI,

wherein G_Ri is the power compensation value, preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower is an initial target received power, DELTA_PREAMBLE is an offset corresponding to a format of the signal transmitted by the terminal, PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER_CI is a quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, and powerRampingStep_CI is a power ramping step in each signal transmitting attempt at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

6. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to obtain configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

a processor, configured to determine, according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein the processor is configured to;

when the configuration information carries a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to each coverage enhancement level, determine, from the configuration information, a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

or

when the configuration information carries a total of maximum quantities of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to all the coverage enhancement levels, determine a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at each coverage enhancement level according to the total of quantities of attempts carried in the configuration information, and determine, according to the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

7. A network-side device, comprising:

a processor, configured to configure configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

a transceiver, configured to transmit the configuration information to a terminal served by the network-side device, so that the terminal determines, according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following information;

a power compensation value corresponding to each coverage enhancement level;

a quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at each coverage enhancement level;

a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at each coverage enhancement level;

a total of maximum quantities of signal transmitting attempts at all the coverage enhancement levels;

a power ramping step in each signal transmitting attempt corresponding to each coverage enhancement level;

or

a total of power ramping steps after the signal is transmitted repeatedly for N times in each attempt corresponding to each coverage enhancement level.

8. A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein when the configuration information comprises a quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at each coverage enhancement level, determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal comprises;

determining, by the terminal according to the quantity of repetition times comprised in the configuration information, a quantity of repetition times required by the signal to be transmitted at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and

determining, by the terminal according to the determined quantity of repetition times, the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal comprises:

determining, by the terminal according to a correspondence between a quantity of repetition times and a power compensation value, a power compensation value corresponding to the quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and

determining, by the terminal according to the determined power compensation value, the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 9 wherein determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal comprises:

when the power compensation value cannot be obtained according to the configuration information, determining, by the terminal, that the transmit power used by the terminal for transmitting the signal is the maximum transmit power of the terminal.

11. A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein determining the transmit power comprises;

determining, according to the following formula, the transmit power used for transmitting the signal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

P=min{P_MAX,PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI+PL},

wherein P is the transmit power of transmitting the signal by the terminal, P_MAX is a maximum transmit power of the terminal, PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI is a target received power determined by the terminal according to the power compensation value corresponding to the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, and PL is a path loss.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein determining the target received power comprises:

determining the target received power according to the following formula;

PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI=preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower+DELTA_PREAMBLE_G_Ri;

or,

PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER_CI=preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower+DELTA_PREAMBLE_G_Ri+(PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER_CI−

1)*powerRampingStep_CI,

wherein G_Ri is the power compensation value, preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower is an initial target received power, DELTA_PREAMBLE is an offset corresponding to a format of the signal transmitted by the terminal, PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER_CI is a quantity of signal transmitting attempts made by the terminal at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, and powerRampingStep_CI is a power ramping step of the terminal in each signal transmitting attempt at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

13. A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

determining, by the terminal according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein determining, by the terminal, the quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal comprises;

when the configuration information carries a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to each coverage enhancement level, determining, by the terminal from the configuration information, a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

or

when the configuration information carries a total of maximum quantities of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to all the coverage enhancement levels, determining, by the terminal, a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at each coverage enhancement level of the terminal according to the total of quantities of attempts carried in the configuration information, and determining, according to the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at the coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal.

14. A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario, the method comprising:

configuring, by a network side, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and

transmitting, by the network side, the configuration information to a terminal served by the network side, so that the terminal determines, according to the configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal;

wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following information;

a power compensation value corresponding to each coverage enhancement level;

a quantity of repetition times required for the signal to be transmitted at each coverage enhancement level;

a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts at each coverage enhancement level;

a total of maximum quantities of signal transmitting attempts at all the coverage enhancement levels;

a power ramping step in each signal transmitting attempt corresponding to each coverage enhancement level;

or

a total of power ramping steps after the signal is transmitted repeatedly for N times in each attempt corresponding to each coverage enhancement level.