Smart power saving scheme for LTE advanced

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10085208-B2
Application number	US-201615250414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2016
Priority date	Aug 29, 2016
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for smart power saving at a user equipment (UE), comprising a first and second transmit chain. According to aspects, the UE may identify one or more subframes in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for uplink (UL) transmissions, determine the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmissions during at least a portion of the identified subframes, and perform envelope tracking (ET) for a scheduled uplink transmission using, at least portions of the first and second transmit chains during the determined at least a portion of the identified subframes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) comprising at least a first and second transmit chain, comprising:
identifying one or more subframes in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for uplink (UL) transmissions;
determining the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmissions during at least a portion of the identified subframes; and
performing envelope tracking (ET) for a scheduled uplink transmission using, at least a portion of the first and second transmit chains during the determined at least a portion of the identified subframes, wherein performing the ET comprises adjusting a voltage supplied to a power amplifier (PA) of the UE based, at least in part, on an envelope of a signal to be amplified by the PA.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified one or more subframes occur when the UE is operating in at least one of a connected discontinuous reception (CDRx) mode or a time division duplex (TDD) mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified one or more subframes occur when the UE is configured for UL carrier aggregation (CA).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second transmit chains comprises transmit logic.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transmit logic comprises digital-to-analog converter (DAC) logic.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE is configured to use the first transmit chain for communicating with a first cell over a first frequency division duplex (FDD) band and configured to use the second transmit chain for communicating with a second cell over a second FDD band,
wherein the identifying comprises identifying a frame in which the UE is not scheduled for UL transmission over the second FDD band, and
wherein performing the ET uplink transmissions comprises using at least a portion of the second transmit chain for performing ET for the scheduled UL transmission to the first cell over the first FDD band in the determined frame.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein identifying the frame in which the UE is not scheduled for UL transmission over the second FDD band comprises:
determining a periodic connected discontinuous reception (CDRx) gap is scheduled for the frame.

8. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE is configured to use the first transmit chain to communicate with a first cell using a first time division duplex (TDD) configuration and configured to use the second transmit chain to communicate with a second cell using a second TDD configuration,
wherein identifying the one or more subframes comprises identifying at least one subframe in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for UL transmission based on the second TDD configuration and in which the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmission based on the first TDD configuration, and
wherein performing the ET uplink transmissions comprises using at least a portion of the second transmit chain for performing ET for the scheduled UL transmission to the first cell in the identified at least one subframe.

9. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE is configured to use the first transmit chain to communicate with a first cell over a first frequency division duplex (FDD) band and configured to use the second transmit chain to communicate with a second cell using a first time division duplex (TDD) configuration,
wherein identifying the one or more subframes comprises identifying the at least one subframe in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for UL transmission based on the first TDD configuration and in which the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmission over the first FDD band, and
wherein performing the ET uplink transmissions comprises using at least a portion the second transmit chain for performing ET for the scheduled UL transmission to the first cell in the identified at least one subframe.

10. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE is configured to communicate with a first cell using the first transmit chain and configured to communicate with a second cell using the second transmit chain, and after performing the ET uplink transmissions, further comprising:
determining the UE is scheduled for UL transmission to the second cell; and
in response to the determination, using the second transmit chain for UL transmission to the second cell.

11. An apparatus wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) comprising at least a first and second transmit chain, comprising:
means for identifying one or more subframes in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for uplink (UL) transmissions;
means for determining the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmissions during at least a portion of the identified subframes; and
means for performing envelope tracking (ET) for a scheduled uplink transmission using, at least a portion of the first and second transmit chains during the determined at least a portion of the identified subframes, wherein performing the ET comprises adjusting a voltage supplied to a power amplifier (PA) of the UE based, at least in part, on an envelope of a signal to be amplified by the PA.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the identified one or more subframes occur when the UE is operating in at least one of a connected discontinuous reception (CDRx) mode or a time division duplex (TDD) mode.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the identified one or more subframes occur when the UE is configured for UL carrier aggregation (CA).

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the first and second transmit chains comprises transmit logic.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the transmit logic comprises digital-to-analog converter (DAC) logic.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the UE is configured to use the first transmit chain for communicating with a first cell over a first frequency division duplex (FDD) band and configured to use the second transmit chain for communicating with a second cell over a second FDD band,
wherein the means for identifying comprises means for identifying a frame in which the UE is not scheduled for UL transmission over the second FDD band, and
wherein the means for performing the ET uplink transmissions comprises means for using at least a portion of the second transmit chain for performing ET for the scheduled UL transmission to the first cell over the first FDD band in the determined frame.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the means for identifying the frame in which the UE is not scheduled for UL transmission over the second FDD band comprises:
means for determining a periodic connected discontinuous reception (CDRx) gap is scheduled for the frame.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the UE is configured to use the first transmit chain to communicate with a first cell using a first time division duplex (TDD) configuration and configured to use the second transmit chain to communicate with a second cell using a second TDD configuration,
wherein the means for identifying the one or more subframes comprises means for identifying at least one subframe in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for UL transmission based on the second TDD configuration and in which the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmission based on the first TDD configuration, and
wherein the means for performing the ET uplink transmissions comprises means for using at least a portion of the second transmit chain for performing ET for the scheduled UL transmission to the first cell in the identified at least one subframe.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Maheshwari Ankit
• SONI Atul
• Kumar Akash

Classifications

• H04W72/1268

  of uplink data flows · CPC title

• H04W52/0216

  using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame · CPC title

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04L5/14

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04W52/0261

  managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level · CPC title