Methods, apparatuses and systems for adaptive uplink power control in a wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11044675-B2
Application number	US-201916274235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	Feb 13, 2018
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to adaptive uplink power control in a wireless network are provided. Among the apparatuses is a wireless transmit/receive unit that may include any of a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter. The processor may identify, from a plurality of transmissions, a first group of transmissions for transmission during a first transmission opportunity of a first uplink. The processor may determine a first power level for the first group of transmissions based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the first transmission opportunity and a characteristic of a second transmission opportunity of a second uplink, wherein the second transmission opportunity may be usable for transmission of a second group of the plurality of transmissions. The first and second characteristics may define respective time resources, where at least some of the first and second time resources overlap. The transmitter may transmit the first group of transmissions at least at the first power level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), directed to power allocation, the method comprising:
identifying, from a plurality of transmissions, first and second groups of transmissions for transmission by the WTRU during first and second transmission opportunities, wherein the second transmission opportunity occurs on a second spectrum for which a listen-before-talk (LBT) mechanism is utilized for channel access, and wherein the first transmission opportunity occurs on a first spectrum for which an LBT mechanism is not utilized for channel access;
determining a likelihood of transmitting any of the second group of transmissions during the second transmission opportunity based on scheduling information;
on condition that the likelihood satisfies a configured threshold, determining a portion of available power to be reserved for use during the second transmission opportunity;
determining a first power level for the first group of transmissions based, at least in part, on excluding the portion of available power reserved for use during the second transmission opportunity; and
transmitting at least one of the first group of transmissions at least at the first power level during the first transmission opportunity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmission opportunity comprises first time resources, wherein the second transmission opportunity comprises second time resources, and wherein at least some of the first and second time resources overlap.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first time resources define a first start time and a first duration, and wherein the second time resources define a second start time and a second duration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first spectrum comprises licensed spectrum, and wherein the second spectrum comprises unlicensed spectrum.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
on condition that at least one of the second group of transmissions is to be transmitted during the second transmission opportunity, determining a second power level for the at least one of the second group of transmissions based, at least in part, on the portion of available power reserved for use during the second transmission opportunity.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining whether the second power level exceeds a second guaranteed power level associated with the second group of transmissions; and
on condition that the second power level exceeds the second guaranteed power level, adjusting any of a first guaranteed power level associated with the first group of transmissions and a remaining power level, wherein the remaining power level corresponds to a difference between a maximum power and the first and second guaranteed power levels combined.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
determining whether the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level; and
on condition that the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level, adjusting any of the second guaranteed power and the remaining power level.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the first power level exceeds a first guaranteed power level associated with the first group of transmissions; and
on condition that the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level, adjusting any of a second guaranteed power level associated with the second group of transmissions and a remaining power level, wherein the remaining power level corresponds to a difference between a maximum power and the first and second guaranteed power level combined.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first group of transmissions comprises identifying transmissions based on one or more first characteristics of the first transmission opportunity and one or more second characteristics of the second transmission opportunity.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining at least some of the scheduling information after channel acquisition on the second spectrum.

11. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, receiver, processor and memory, configured to:
identify, from a plurality of transmissions, first and second groups of transmissions for transmission by the WTRU during first and second transmission opportunities, wherein the second transmission opportunity occurs on a second spectrum for which a listen-before-talk (LBT) mechanism is utilized for channel access, and wherein the first transmission opportunity occurs on a first spectrum for which an LBT mechanism is not utilized for channel access;
determine a likelihood of transmitting any of the second group of transmissions during the second transmission opportunity based on scheduling information;
on condition that the likelihood satisfies a configured threshold, determine a portion of available power to reserve for use during the second transmission opportunity;
determine a first power level for the first group of transmissions based, at least in part, on excluding the portion of available power reserved for use during the second transmission opportunity; and
transmit at least one of the first group of transmissions at least at the first power level during the first transmission opportunity.

12. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the first transmission opportunity comprises first time resources, wherein the second transmission opportunity comprises second time resources, and wherein at least some of the first and second time resources overlap.

13. The WTRU of claim 12 , wherein the first time resources define a first start time and a first duration, and wherein the second time resources define a second start time and a second duration.

14. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the first spectrum comprises licensed spectrum, and wherein the second spectrum comprises unlicensed spectrum.

15. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
determine a second power level for the second group of transmissions based, at least in part, on the portion of available power reserved for use during the first transmission opportunity on condition that at least one of the second group of transmissions is to be transmitted during the second transmission opportunity.

16. The WTRU of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
determine whether the second power level exceeds a second guaranteed power level associated with the second group of transmissions; and
adjust any of a first guaranteed power level associated with the first group of transmissions and a remaining power level on condition that the second power level exceeds the second guaranteed power level, wherein the remaining power level corresponds to a difference between a maximum power and the first and second guaranteed power levels combined.

17. The WTRU of claim 16 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
determine whether the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level; and
adjust any of the second guaranteed power and the remaining power level on condition that the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level.

18. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
determine whether the first power level exceeds a first guaranteed power level associated with the first group of transmissions; and
adjust any of a second guaranteed power level associated with the second group of transmissions and a remaining power level on condition that the first power level exceeds the first guaranteed power level, wherein

Assignees

• Idac Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Pelletier Ghyslain
• Marinier Paul

Classifications

• H04W52/346 Primary

  distributing total power among users or channels · CPC title

• H04W52/34

  TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading · CPC title

• H04W52/146 Primary

  Uplink power control · CPC title

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• H04W52/242

  taking into account path loss · CPC title