Transmit power control method and system, and sending apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9860857-B2
Application number	US-201614996644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Jul 16, 2013
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The present invention discloses a transmit power control method and system, and a sending apparatus. The method includes the following steps: acquiring first information that is used to adjust transmit power for sending a first signal; acquiring power of each working channel; and determining a to-be-adjusted working channel according to an adjustment step, the first information, and the power of each working channel, so as to adjust the transmit power for sending the first signal. According to the foregoing manner, the present invention can adjust transmit power for sending a first signal, avoid saturation of an automatic transmit power control apparatus, and save energy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmit power control method comprising:
acquiring first information that is used to adjust transmit power for sending a first signal;
acquiring power of each of a plurality of working channels;
determining, from among the plurality of working channels, a to-be-adjusted working channel according to an adjustment step, the first information, and the power of each of the plurality of working channels;
adjusting the to-be-adjusted working channel to thereby adjust so as to adjust the transmit power for sending the first signal;
acquiring phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjusting, and phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjusting;
determining whether the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjusting are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjusting; and
upon determining that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjusting are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjusting, adjusting the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjusting, so that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjusting are the same as the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjusting.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the to-be-adjusted working channel comprises:
if the first information requests to increase the transmit power, enabling the to-be-adjusted working channel; and
if the first information requests to reduce the transmit power, disabling the to-be-adjusted working channel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises automatic transmit power control ATPC request information or level information.

4. A sending apparatus comprising:
a control unit;
a plurality of working channels; and
a plurality of phase shifters respectively connected to the plurality of working channels,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
acquire first information that is used to adjust transmit power for sending a first signal, and acquires power of each of the working channels,
determine, from among the plurality of working channels, a to-be-adjusted working channel according to an adjustment step, the first information, and the power of each working channel,
perform adjustment of the to-be-adjusted working channel to thereby adjust the transmit power for sending the first signal,
acquire phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment, and phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment,
determine whether the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment, and
upon determining that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment, adjusts, by using the plurality of phase shifters, the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment, so that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are the same as the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the sending apparatus further comprises a power supply,
each of the plurality of working channels comprises a control switch, a power amplifier, and an antenna, and
the power supply is connected to the power amplifier through the control switch, the antenna is connected to the power amplifier, and a control end of the control switch is connected to the control unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein if the first information requests to increase the transmit power, the control unit controls the control switch of the to-be-adjusted working channel to be turned on, so as to enable the to-be-adjusted working channel; and if the first information requests to reduce the transmit power, the control unit controls the control switch of the to-be-adjusted working channel to be turned off, so as to disable the to-be-adjusted working channel.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first information comprises ATPC request information or level information.

8. A transmit power control method comprising:
acquiring a first signal from a sending apparatus;
comparing quality of the first signal with a threshold, and generating first information according to a comparison result; and
sending the first information to the sending apparatus, so as to implement adjustment of the transmit power for sending the first signal by the sending apparatus,
wherein the sending apparatus is configured to perform:
acquiring phase shifts of a plurality of working channels of the sending apparatus before the adjustment, and phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment;
determining whether the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment; and
upon determining that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment, adjustment the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment, so that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are the same as the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the comparing quality of the first signal with a threshold, and generating first information according to a comparison result comprises:
if the quality of the first signal is greater than the threshold, requesting, by the first information, the sending apparatus to reduce the transmit power; and
if the quality of the first signal is less than the threshold, requesting, by the first information, the sending apparatus to increase the transmit power.

10. An automatic transmit power control apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit;
a processing unit; and
a sending unit, wherein
the receiving unit acquires a first signal from a sending apparatus,
the processing unit compares quality of the first signal with a threshold to obtain a comparison result, and generates first information according to the comparison result,
the sending unit sends the first information to the sending apparatus, so as to implement adjustment of transmit power for sending the first signal by the sending apparatus, and
the sending apparatus is configured to perform:
acquiring phase shifts of a plurality of working channels of the sending apparatus before the adjustment, and phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment;
determining whether the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment; and
upon determining that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are different from the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment, adjustment the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment, so that the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels after the adjustment are the same as the phase shifts of the plurality of working channels before the adjustment.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processing unit generates the firs

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Hao

Classifications

• H04W52/346

  distributing total power among users or channels · CPC title

• H04W52/02

  Power saving arrangements · CPC title

• H04W52/08

  Closed loop power control · CPC title

• H04W52/367

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

• Y02B60/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic