Multicarrier signal transmission in wireless communications

• US 9,179,454 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Kibrom T
• Application Number:
  US14/552,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20150078318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/04 TPC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/281 taking into account user or data type priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/346 distributing total power among users or channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0005 synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0045 compensating for timing error by altering transmission time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/085 collision avoidance

Abstract

A wireless device receives a control command for transmission of a random access preamble on a first cell. A first packet is scheduled for parallel uplink transmission with the random access preamble transmission. The wireless device transmits the random access preamble. The wireless device transmits the first packet in parallel with the random access preamble if the random access preamble and the first packet are scheduled for transmission in different cell groups and the wireless device has sufficient power to transmit the first packet in parallel with the preamble.

Claims

1. A wireless device comprising:

a) one or more communication interfaces;

b) one or more processors; and

c) memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause said wireless device to;

i) receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and at least one secondary cell, said plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of cell groups;

ii) receive a control command for transmission of a preamble on a first cell in said plurality of cells, at least a first packet being scheduled on a second cell and for parallel uplink transmission with said preamble transmission, said first packet being any one of the following;

(1) a control packet on an uplink control channel; and

(2) a packet comprising control information and/or data on an uplink data channel;

iii) determine a transmission power for said preamble;

iv) transmit said preamble; and

v) transmit said first packet in parallel with said preamble if said preamble and said first packet are scheduled for transmission in different cell groups and said wireless device has sufficient power to transmit said first packet in parallel with said preamble; and

wherein if a total calculated transmission power exceeds a predefined value, transmission power of said first packet is adjusted according to a predefined rule considering a higher priority for said transmission power of said preamble compared with a transmission power priority of said first packet.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said adjustment of transmission power comprises scaling a transmission power by a scaling factor:

a) greater than zero; and

b) smaller than or equal to one.

3. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein said total calculated transmission power is calculated for a subframe.

4. The wireless device of claim 3, wherein said adjustment of transmission power is performed over said period of one subframe.

5. The wireless device of claim 4, wherein said wireless device adjusts transmission power of said first packet such that a total transmission power after said adjustment is equal to or less than a predefined value.

6. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein transmission of said first packet is dropped if said preamble and said first packet are scheduled for transmission in parallel in the same cell group or said wireless device has insufficient power to transmit said first packet in parallel with said preamble.

7. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein at least one sounding reference signal being scheduled for parallel uplink transmission with said preamble transmission, wherein transmission of said sounding reference signal is dropped if said preamble and said at least one sounding reference signal are scheduled for transmission in parallel in the same cell group.

8. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein a first cell group is out of sync when said preamble is transmitted on said first cell group.

9. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said wireless device can transmit any of the followings in parallel with said preamble if it is transmitted on different cell groups and said wireless device drops any of the followings if it is scheduled for parallel transmission with said preamble on the same cell group:

a) said packet;

b) said control packet; and

c) a sounding reference signal.

10. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of cell groups comprise:

a) a primary cell group comprising said primary cell; and

b) a secondary cell group comprising a subset of said at least one secondary cell.

11. A method for use by a wireless device, the method comprising:

a) receiving at least one control message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and at least one secondary cell, said plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of cell groups;

b) receiving a control command for transmission of a preamble on a first cell in said plurality of cells, at least a first packet being scheduled on a second cell and for parallel uplink transmission with said preamble transmission, said first packet being any one of the following;

i) a control packet on an uplink control channel; and

ii) a packet comprising control information and/or data on an uplink data channel;

c) determine a transmission power for said preamble;

d) transmitting said preamble; and

e) transmitting said first packet in parallel with said preamble if said preamble and said first packet are scheduled for transmission in different cell groups and said wireless device has sufficient power to transmit said first packet in parallel with said preamble; and

wherein if a total calculated transmission power exceeds a predefined value, transmission power of said first packet is adjusted according to a predefined rule considering a higher priority for said transmission power of said preamble compared with a transmission power priority of said first packet.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said adjustment of transmission power comprises scaling a transmission power by a scaling factor:

a) greater than zero; and

b) smaller than or equal to one.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said total calculated transmission power is calculated for a subframe and said adjustment of transmission power is performed over said period of one subframe.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said wireless device adjusts transmission power of said first packet such that a total transmission power after said adjustment is equal to or less than a predefined value.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein transmission of said first packet is dropped if said preamble and said first packet are scheduled for transmission in parallel in the same cell group or said wireless device has insufficient power to transmit said first packet in parallel with said preamble.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one sounding reference signal being scheduled for parallel uplink transmission with said preamble transmission, wherein transmission of said sounding reference signal is dropped if said preamble and said at least one sounding reference signal are scheduled for transmission in parallel in the same cell group.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein a first cell group is out of sync when said preamble is transmitted on said first cell group.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein said wireless device can transmit any of the followings in parallel with said preamble if it is transmitted on different cell groups and said wireless device drops any of the followings if it is scheduled for parallel transmission with said preamble on the same cell group:

a) said packet;

b) said control packet; and

c) a sounding reference signal.