Method and apparatus for controlling uplink transmission power based on accumulated transmit power control commands and corresponding uplink subframe sets

• US 10,588,036 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2014
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sadeghi, Pouriya, Stern-Berkowitz, Janet A., Nayeb Nazar, Shahrokh, Tooher, J. Patrick, Lee, Moon-il, Tamaki, Nobuyuki, Kini, Ananth
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harley, Jason A
• Application Number:
  US14/782,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029239A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,170 Days
• Field of Search: 370332, 455332
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/244 Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described for controlling uplink (UL) transmission power. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a configuration of UL subframe sets and maintain a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) command accumulator values that correspond to respective ones of the UL subframe sets. The WTRU may receive a TPC command in a subframe n of a downlink (DL) transmission, determine a subframe n+k of a UL transmission that the received TPC command corresponds to, determine which of the UL subframe sets the UL transmission subframe n+k belongs to, and adjust a TPC command accumulator value that corresponds to the determined UL subframe set to determine power of the UL transmission when transmitting in the UL transmission subframe, where n is an integer, and k is an integer greater than zero.

Claims

1. A method, implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

the WTRU receiving an indication of a time/frequency resource in at least one subframe for performing an interference measurement;

the WTRU performing the interference measurement of the indicated time/frequency resource, according to the indication, wherein the interference measurement is performed in at least one of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource in an uplink subframe and a zero-power channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource in a downlink subframe;

the WTRU determining whether a main component of interference measured during the interference measurement is generated by an uplink (UL) transmission or a downlink (DL) transmission based on whether the interference is measured in at least one of the SRS resource in the uplink subframe and the CSI-RS resource in the downlink subframe; and

the WTRU sending a report based on the performed interference measurement, wherein the report includes an identification of a subframe number or a system frame number indicating a time instance during which the interference measurement was performed and an indication of whether the main component of the interference measured during the interference measurement was generated by the UL transmission or the DL transmission.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the WTRU performs the measurement on a set of resource elements (REs).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the WTRU performs the measurement and sends the report in an uplink (UL) subframe.

4. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an indication of a time/frequency resource in at least one subframe for performing an interference measurement;

a processor configured to;

perform the interference measurement of the indicated time/frequency resource, according to the indication, wherein the interference measurement is performed in at least one of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource in an uplink subframe and a zero-power channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource in a downlink subframe, and

determine whether a main component of interference measured during the interference measurement is generated by an uplink (UL) transmission or a downlink (DL) transmission based on whether the interference is measured in at least one of the SRS resource in the uplink subframe and the CSI-RS resource in the downlink subframe; and

a transmitter configured to send a report based on the performed interference measurement, wherein the report includes an identification of a subframe number or a system frame number indicating a time instance during which the interference measurement was performed and an indication of whether the main component of the interference measured during the interference measurement was generated by the (UL) transmission or the DL transmission.

5. The WTRU of claim 4, further comprising an antenna coupled to the receiver and the transmitter.

6. The WTRU of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the measurement on a set of resource elements (REs).

7. The WTRU of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to perform the measurement, and the transmitter is configured to send the report, in an uplink (UL) subframe.

8. The WTRU of claim 4, wherein the transmitter is configured to not transmit in UL resources in which the processor is configured to perform the measurement.