User equipment and method for performing downlink and/or uplink power control

US9307501B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9307501-B2
Application numberUS-201313955481-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 31, 2013
Priority dateDec 14, 2010
Publication dateApr 5, 2016
Grant dateApr 5, 2016

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A user equipment includes a plurality of antennas to receive downlink signals from a base station, a plurality of receiver circuits each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas to process the received downlink signals, an SIR estimation unit to estimate a quality of the received downlink signals, a power loop controller to generate transmit power control commands based on the estimated quality of the received downlink signals, the transmit power control commands being directed to the base station to adjust a power of the downlink signals and a diversity controller to selectively activate and deactivate one or more of the receiver circuits depending on the estimated quality of the received downlink signals.

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What is claimed is: 1. A circuit, comprising: a quality estimation unit configured to estimate a quality of downlink signals, wherein each of the downlink signals is derived from a respective one of a plurality of antenna ports, wherein the quality estimation unit comprises a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SIR) estimation unit configured to estimate SIR values of transmission power control (TPC) symbols or of pilot symbols and TPC symbols comprised in the downlink signals…

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What does patent US9307501B2 cover?
A user equipment includes a plurality of antennas to receive downlink signals from a base station, a plurality of receiver circuits each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas to process the received downlink signals, an SIR estimation unit to estimate a quality of the received downlink signals, a power loop controller to generate transmit power control commands based on the e…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Intel Mobile Comm Gmbh, Intel Deutschland Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W52/241. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 05 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).