Power control for retransmissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10856239-B2
Application number	US-201916586515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2018
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. A wireless device may use power ramping for transmissions and/or retransmissions. Power ramping may be used during a random access procedure. A wireless device may fail a listen before talk procedure before sending a preamble or a transport block on an unlicensed band. The wireless device may use power ramping to determine a power of transmission of the preamble and/or transport block based on the prior preamble or a transport block transmission. Power ramping may be determined using a power ramping counter value and/or a power ramping step value, which may be shared or associated with the preamble and/or a transport block.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
performing a first listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for transmission of a first preamble of a first message;
performing a second LBT procedure for transmission of a first transport block of the first message;
based on a clear channel indicated by the second LBT procedure and a busy channel indicated by the first LBT procedure, transmitting, using a first transmission power, the first transport block;
determining that a response to the first transport block has not been received by a time duration;
ramping, based on the first transmission power, a second transmission power and a third transmission power;
transmitting, using the ramped second transmission power, the first preamble; and
transmitting, using the ramped third transmission power, a second transport block.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving configuration parameters indicating:
a first random access channel for transmission of the first preamble; and
a first uplink channel for transmission of the first transport block.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring, during the time duration, a downlink control channel for the response; and
determining, based on not receiving the response during the time duration, an unsuccessfully completed reception,
wherein ramping the second transmission power is based on the unsuccessfully completed reception.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that a contention resolution is unsuccessfully completed based on not receiving the response, wherein ramping the second transmission power is based on the unsuccessfully completed contention resolution.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising incrementing, based on transmitting the first transport block, a first counter for transmission of the first preamble.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising incrementing, based on transmitting the first transport block, a second counter for transmission of the second transport block.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein ramping of the second transmission power and the third transmission power is based on a prior transmission power.

8. A method comprising:
determining, based on a first listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for transmission of a first preamble of a first message, a busy channel indication;
determining, based on a second LBT procedure and for transmission of a first transport block of the first message, a clear channel indication;
transmitting, based on the clear channel indication, and using a first transmission power, the first transport block;
determining that a time duration for receiving a response to the first transport block expired;
ramping, based on the first transmission power, a second transmission power and a third transmission power;
transmitting, using the ramped second transmission power, the first preamble; and
transmitting, using the ramped third transmission power, a second transport block.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving configuration parameters indicating:
a first random access channel for transmission of the first preamble; and
a first uplink channel for transmission of the first transport block.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
monitoring, during the time duration, a downlink control channel for the response; and
determining, based on not receiving the response during the time duration, an unsuccessfully completed reception,
wherein ramping the second transmission power is based on the unsuccessfully completed reception.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining, based on not receiving the response, that a contention resolution is unsuccessfully completed, wherein ramping the second transmission power is based on the unsuccessfully completed contention resolution.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising incrementing, based on transmitting the first transport block, a counter for transmission of the first preamble.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising incrementing, based on transmitting the first transport block, a counter for transmission of the second transport block.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein ramping the second transmission power and the third transmission power is based on a power ramping step value and a counter value associated with the transmission of the first transport block.

15. A method comprising:
determining, by a wireless device, that a first random access channel resource, for transmission of a first preamble of a first message, is occupied;
transmitting, via a first uplink channel resource sensed as clear, a first transport block of the first message;
determining a power ramping counter value based on transmitting the first transport block and on not receiving a response to the first transport block;
transmitting, via a second random access channel resource, and using a transmission power based on the power ramping counter value, the first preamble; and
transmitting, via a second uplink channel resource, a second transport block.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device, a message comprising random access configuration parameters that indicate:
the first random access channel resource for transmission of the first preamble; and
the first uplink channel resource for transmission of the first transport block.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
monitoring, during a time interval, a downlink control channel for the response;
determining, based on not receiving the response during the time interval, an unsuccessfully completed reception; and
ramping, based on the unsuccessfully completed reception, the transmission power.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining, based on not receiving the response, that a contention resolution is unsuccessfully completed; and
ramping based on the unsuccessfully completed contention resolution, the transmission power.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising incrementing, based on transmission of the first preamble via the second random access channel resource, a second power ramping counter value.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmission power is based on a power ramping step value and the power ramping counter value.

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Dinan Esmael
• Zhou Hua
• Xu Kai
• Babaei Alireza
• Park Kyungmin
• Cirik Ali

Classifications

• H04W52/228

  using past power values or information · CPC title

• H04W74/0866

  using a dedicated channel for access · CPC title

• H04W52/36 Primary

  with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets · CPC title

• H04W52/48 Primary

  during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment · CPC title

• H04W52/50

  at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment · CPC title