Enhanced uplink and downlink power control for LTE TDD eIMTA

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10985895-B2
Application number	US-201715713468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Oct 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines an interference type between a time division duplex (TDD) configuration subframe of a serving cell and a corresponding TDD configuration subframe of a neighboring cell, and sets a transmit power for an apparatus in the serving cell based on the interference type. The apparatus in the serving cell may be a user equipment (UE), in which case the apparatus applies a set of uplink (UL) open loop power control parameters for the UE. The apparatus in the serving cell may be a base station (eNB), in which case a DL transmit power is set for the eNB. Depending on the interference type, the DL transmit power may be a fixed, full power DL transmission or an adjusted DL transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
grouping subframes of a time division duplex (TDD) configuration of a serving cell, that comprises a first base station and serves a first UE, into a set of anchor subframes and a set of non-anchor subframes based on an interference between the TDD configuration of the serving cell and a corresponding TDD configuration of a neighboring cell that comprises a second base station and serves a second UE, wherein grouping the subframes comprises:
designating one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of anchor subframes when corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a first UL subframe in the serving cell and a corresponding UL subframe in the neighboring cell; and
designating the one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of non-anchor subframes when the corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a second UL subframe in the serving cell and a DL subframe in the neighboring cell;
receiving a first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes,
wherein the first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes is generated based on whether an anchor subframe has been decoded;
receiving a second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes, wherein the second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes is generated based on whether a non-anchor subframe has been decoded;
calculating a first UL transmit power for the set of anchor subframes by accumulating a change to the first UL transmit power associated with the first TPC command over the set of anchor subframes; and
calculating a second UL transmit power for the set of non-anchor subframes by accumulating a change in the second UL transmit power associated with the second TPC command over the set of non-anchor subframes.

2. An apparatus of wireless communication, comprising:
means for grouping subframes of a time division duplex (TDD) configuration of a serving cell, that comprises a first base station and serves a first UE, into a set of anchor subframes and a set of non-anchor subframes based on an interference between the TDD configuration of the serving cell and a corresponding TDD configuration of a neighboring cell that comprises a second base station and serves a second UE, wherein to group the subframes, the means for grouping is configured to:
designate one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of anchor subframes when corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a first UL subframe in the serving cell and a corresponding UL subframe in the neighboring cell; and
designate the one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of non-anchor subframes when the corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a second UL subframe in the serving cell and a DL subframe in the neighboring cell;
means for receiving a first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes, wherein the first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes is generated based on whether an anchor subframe has been decoded;
means for receiving a second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes, wherein the second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes is generated based on whether a non-anchor subframe has been decoded;
means for calculating a first UL transmit power for the set of anchor subframes by accumulating a change to the first UL transmit power associated with the first TPC command over the set of anchor subframes; and
means for calculating a second UL transmit power for the set of non-anchor subframes by accumulating a change in the second UL transmit power associated with the second TPC command over the set of non-anchor subframes.

3. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a processing system configured to:
group subframes of a time division duplex (TDD) configuration of a serving cell, that comprises a first base station and serves a first UE, into a set of anchor subframes and a set of non-anchor subframes based on an interference between the TDD configuration of the serving cell and a corresponding TDD configuration of a neighboring cell that comprises a second base station and serves a second UE, wherein to group the subframes, the processing system is configured to:
designate one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of anchor subframes when corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a first UL subframe in the serving cell and a corresponding UL subframe in the neighboring cell; and
designate the one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of non-anchor subframes when the corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a second UL subframe in the serving cell and a DL subframe in the neighboring cell;
receive a first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes, wherein the first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes is generated based on whether an anchor subframe has been decoded;
receive a second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes, wherein the second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes is generated based on whether a non-anchor subframe has been decoded;
calculate a first UL transmit power for the set of anchor subframes by accumulating a change to the first UL transmit power associated with the first TPC command over the set of anchor subframes; and
calculate a second UL transmit power for the set of non-anchor subframes by accumulating a change in the second UL transmit power associated with the second TPC command over the set of non-anchor subframes.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
code for grouping subframes of a time division duplex (TDD) configuration of a serving cell, that comprises a first base station and serves a first UE, into a set of anchor subframes and a set of non-anchor subframes based on an interference between the TDD configuration of the serving cell and a corresponding TDD configuration of a neighboring cell that comprises a second base station and serves a second UE, wherein to group the subframes, the code for grouping is configured to:
designate one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of anchor subframes when corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a first UL subframe in the serving cell and a corresponding UL subframe in the neighboring cell; and
designate the one or more subframes of the serving cell as the set of non-anchor subframes when the corresponding subframes of the serving cell and the neighboring cell comprise a second UL subframe in the serving cell and a DL subframe in the neighboring cell;
code for receiving a first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes, wherein the first TPC command for the set of anchor subframes is generated based on whether an anchor subframe has been decoded;
code for receiving a second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes, wherein the second TPC command for the set of non-anchor subframes is generated based on whether a non-anchor subframe has been decoded;
code for calculating a first UL transmit power for the set of anchor subframes by accumulating a change to the first UL transmit power associated with the first TPC command over the set of anchor subframes; and
code for calculating a second UL transmit power for the set of non-anchor subframes by accumulating a change in the second UL transmit power associated with the second TPC command over the set of non-anchor subframes.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Feng Minghai
• Guo Jiming
• Wang Neng
• Hou Jilei
• Xu Hao
• Gaal Peter

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W52/10 Primary

  Open loop power control · CPC title

• H04W52/40

  during macro-diversity or soft handoff · CPC title

• H04W52/146

  Uplink power control · CPC title

• H04W74/004

  in the uplink, i.e. towards network · CPC title