Power control for subband precoder based uplink transmission
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- 2025-02-05
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- 2026-08-13
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POWER CONTROL FOR SUBBAND PRECODER BASED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, and more particularly, to power control for uplink transmissions based on subband precoders.BACKGROUND
[0002] The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifies a radio interface referred to as fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) (5G NR) . An architecture for a 5G NR wireless communication system includes a 5G core (5GC) network, a 5G radio access network (5G-RAN) , a user equipment (5G UE) , etc. The 5G NR architecture seeks to provide increased data rates, decreased latency, and / or increased capacity compared to prior generation cellular communication systems.
[0003] Wireless communication systems, in general, provide various telecommunication services (e.g., telephony, video, data, messaging, etc. ) based on multiple-access technologies, such as orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technologies, that support communication with one or more multiple user equipments (UEs) . Improvements in mobile broadband continue the progression of such wireless communication technologies. For example, a UE may perform transmission power control to manage interference, improve uplink performance, and reduce power consumption. Existing power control technologies usually involve scaling the determined transmission power and equally splitting the scaled transmission power to one or more non-zero-power (NZP) ports for the uplink transmission. BRIEF SUMMARY
[0004] A UE communicates with a network entity (NE) , such as a base station or a unit of a base station, on an uplink channel. The UE may perform transmission power control to manage interference, improve uplink performance, and reduce power consumption. Existing power control technologies usually involve scaling the determined transmission power and equally splitting the scaled transmission power to one or more non-zero-power (NZP) antenna ports (also referred to as ports) for the uplink transmission.
[0005] To improve uplink performance, the NE may configure or indicate multiple precoders for an uplink channel, where different precoders are applied to different precoder resource block (RB) groups (PRGs) , e.g., different physical resource block (PRB) bundles. The NE may further configure the PRG information, such as the RB(s) for each PRG, the number of PRGs and / or the number of RBs per PRG. Accordingly, the UE may transmit different PRGs from different NZP ports. However, this type of precoder may result in different bandwidths for different ports, and it remains a technical problem how to perform uplink power control for the subband precoder for uplink transmission.
[0006] Aspects of the present disclosure address the above-noted and other deficiencies by providing mechanisms for uplink power control based on subband precoders, allowing a UE to determine the uplink transmission power with subband precoders and perform power scaling and splitting for multiple NZP ports. With one or more features of the implementations of the present disclosure, the communication quality and power efficiency between the UE and the NE may be improved.
[0007] According to some aspects, the UE receives, from a NE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The UE transmits, to the NE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0008] According to some aspects, the NE transmits, to the UE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The NE receives, from the UE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameterBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of UEs and NEs in communication over one or more cells, according to some implementations.
[0010] FIGs. 2A-2C each illustrate an example power control scenario, according to some implementations.
[0011] FIG. 3 illustrates an example signaling diagram illustrating communications between a UE and a NE, according to some implementations.
[0012] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a UE, according to some implementations.
[0013] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a NE, according to some implementations.
[0014] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a power control procedure based on PRG-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0015] FIG. 7 illustrates an example scenario of power control based on PRG-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0016] FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a power control procedure based on port-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0017] FIG. 9 illustrates an example scenario of power control based on port-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0018] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a power control procedure based on transmission occasion-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0019] FIG. 11 illustrates an example scenario of power control based on transmission occasion-specific parameters, according to some implementations.
[0020] FIGs. 12A-12E each illustrate an example scenario of power split across one or more ports, according to some implementations.
[0021] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a UE, according to some implementations.
[0022] FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a NE, according to some implementations.
[0023] FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE apparatus, according to some implementations.
[0024] FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example NEs, according to some implementations.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] In some communication systems where a UE performs uplink power control for uplink transmission toward an NE, the UE determines the transmission power in dBm as follows: PTx=min {PCMAX, P0+10 log10 (B) +ɑ·PL+Δ+f} (1) In equation (1) , PCMAX is the maximum transmission power for the carrier / serving cell / BWP; P0 is the target received power in a frequency unit (e.g., subcarrier or resource block, RB, based on a reference subcarrier spacing) , which may be pre-defined or configured by the NE; B is the bandwidth for the uplink channel, e.g., the number of frequency units; ɑis the pathloss compensation ratio, which may be pre-defined or configured by the NE; PL is the pathloss measured based on a pathloss reference signal pre-defined or configured by the NE; Δis the channel format or modulation and coding scheme (MCS) compensation factor, which may be pre-defined or configured by the NE or determined by the UE; fis the closed-loop power control factor, which may be pre-defined or indicated by the NE.
[0026] The UE may calculate the bandwidth B as follows: B=2uNRB (2) In equation (2) , u indicates the ratio between subcarrier spacing for the uplink channel and the pre-defined or configured reference subcarrier, andNRB indicates the number of RBs for the uplink channel.
[0027] After determining the transmission power for the uplink channel, the UE may further scale the linear determined transmission power (e.g., the transmission power in dBm) by a scaling factor s and split the linear scaled transmission power equally for each non-zero-power (NZP) ports for the uplink transmission. In an example, the UE determines the linear transmission power for a NZP port with the index q as follows: In equation (3) , is the linear transmission power for the NZP port with the index q, and NNZP indicates the number of NZP ports.
[0028] The scaling factor s may be pre-defined, e.g., s=1 or configured by the NE, e.g., based on an uplink full power mode, reported by the UE, or determined based on the precoder for the uplink channel. Here Np indicates the total number of antenna ports, e.g., the number of ports for a sounding reference signal (SRS) channel, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) , a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) , a physical random access channel (PRACH) . Np may be pre-defined or configured by the NE or reported by the UE.
[0029] The UE may transmit uplink signals in the uplink channel from different NZP ports for different precoders. For example, the UE may transmit in the uplink channel from port 0 if the precoder is indicated and from ports 0 and 1 if the precoder is indicated. The UE may have different full power capabilities for different precoders.
[0030] In some systems, the UE reports the supported precoder, e.g., transmission precoder matrix indicator (TPMI) , with full power transmission for an uplink full power mode. When the uplink full power mode is configured by the NE, the UE determines the scaling factor s as 1 ifthe indicated precoder for the uplink channel is one of the reported precoders with full power transmission, and otherwise determines the scaling factor s as
[0031] To improve uplink performance, the NE in some scenarios configures or indicates multiple precoders for an uplink channel, where different precoders are applied to different PRGs. However, this type of precoders may lead to some technical problems with respect to uplink power control, such as those previously described in this disclosure. As described in detail below, one or more implementations of this disclosure address these problems and other deficiencies, allowing a UE to determine the uplink transmission power with subband precoders and perform power scaling and splitting for multiple NZP ports and thereby improving the communication quality and power efficiency between the UE and the NE.
[0032] Unless otherwise provided in this disclosure, an RRC message refers to an RRC reconfiguration message from the NE to the UE, or a system information block (SIB) transmitted by an NE. The SIB may be defined in the 3GPP specifications (e.g., SIB1) or may be a new SIB not in the 3GPP specification (e.g., SIB J, where J is an integer above 25) .
[0033] Unless otherwise provided in this disclosure, a NE provides an NE configuration or indication in an RRC message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) , downlink control information (DCI) , or a MAC packet data unit (PDU) . The NE and the UE may apply the configuration or indication after Y symbols, slots, or milli-seconds (ms) after receiving the last symbol of the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal with the configuration or indication, or Y symbols after transmitting the last symbol of an acknowledgement to the configuration or indication on a PUCCH or a PUSCH. The value of Y may be pre-defined, e.g., Y=3 ms or 28 symbols, or configured by the NE or reported by the UE.
[0034] Unless otherwise provided in this disclosure, a PRG may be a single PRG, a plurality of PRGs, or a PRG set. Unless otherwise provided in this disclosure, a port may be a single port, a plurality of ports, or a port group.
[0035] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram 100 of a wireless communications system associated with a plurality of cells 190. The wireless communications system includes UEs 102 and base stations / NEs 104. Some base stations may include an aggregated base station architecture and other base stations may include a disaggregated base station architecture. The aggregated base station architecture utilizes a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node. A disaggregated base station architecture utilizes a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., radio unit (RU) 106, distributed unit (DU) 108, central unit (CU) 110) . For example, a CU 110 is implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs 108 may be co-located with the CU 110, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs 108 may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs 106. Any of the RU 106, the DU 108 and the CU 110 can be implemented as virtual units, such as a virtual radio unit (VRU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual central unit (VCU) . The base station / NE 104(e.g., an aggregated base station or disaggregated units of the base station, such as the RU 106 or the DU 108) , may be referred to as a transmission reception point (TRP) .
[0036] Operations of the base station 104 and / or network designs may be based on aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base station architectures are utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open-radio access network (O-RAN) network, or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) , which may also be referred to a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across the two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network designs. The various units of the disaggregated base station architecture, or the disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit. For example, the base stations 104d, 104e and / or the RUs 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d may communicate with the UEs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and / or 102s via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links based on a Uu interface. In examples, multiple RUs 106 and / or base stations 104 may simultaneously serve the UEs 102, such as by intra-cell and / or inter-cell access links between the UEs 102 and the RUs 106 / base stations 104.
[0037] The RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110 may include (or may be coupled to) one or more interfaces configured to transmit or receive information / signals via a wired or wireless transmission medium. For example, a wired interface can be configured to transmit or receive the information / signals over a wired transmission medium, such as via the fronthaul link 160 between the RU 106d and the baseband unit (BBU) 112 of the base station 104d associated with the cell 190d. The BBU 112 includes a DU 108 and a CU 110, which may also have a wired interface (e.g., midhaul link) configured between the DU 108 and the CU 110 to transmit or receive the information / signals between the DU 108 and the CU 110. In further examples, a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver, such as an RF transceiver, configured to transmit and / or receive the information / signals via the wireless transmission medium, such as for information communicated between the RU 106a of the cell 190a and the base station 104e of the cell 190e via cross-cell communication beams 136-138 of the RU 106a and the base station 104e.
[0038] The RUs 106 may be configured to implement lower layer functionality. For example, the RU 106 is controlled by the DU 108 and may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or lower layer PHY functionality, such as execution of fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, etc. The functionality of the RU 106 may be based on the functional split, such as a functional split of lower layers.
[0039] The RUs 106 may transmit or receive over-the-air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 102. For example, the RU 106b of the cell 190b communicates with the UE 102b of the cell 190b via a first set of communication beams 132 of the RU 106b and a second set of communication beams 134b of the UE 102b, which may correspond to inter-cell communication beams or, in some examples, cross-cell communication beams. For instance, the UE 102b of the cell 190b may communicate with the RU 106a of the cell 190a via a third set of communication beams 134a of the UE 102b and a fourth set of communication beams 136 of the RU 106a. DUs 108 can control both real-time and non-real-time features of control plane and user plane communications of the RUs 106.
[0040] Any combination of the RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110, or reference thereto individually, may correspond to a base station 104. Thus, the base station 104 may include at least one of the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110. The base stations 104 provide the UEs 102 with access to a core network. The base stations 104 may relay communications between the UEs 102 and the core network (not shown) . The base stations 104 may be associated with macrocells for higher-power cellular base stations and / or small cells for lower-power cellular base stations. For example, the cell 190e may correspond to a macrocell, whereas the cells 190a-190d may correspond to small cells. Small cells include femtocells, picocells, microcells, etc. A network that includes at least one macrocell and at least one small cell may be referred to as a “heterogeneous network. ”
[0041] Transmissions from a UE 102 to a base station 104 / RU 106 are referred to as uplink (UL) transmissions, whereas transmissions from the base station 104 / RU 106 to the UE 102 are referred to as downlink (DL) transmissions. Uplink transmissions may also be referred to as reverse link transmissions and downlink transmissions may also be referred to as forward link transmissions. For example, the RU 106d utilizes antennas of the base station 104d of cell 190d to transmit a downlink / forward link communication to the UE 102d or receive an uplink / reverse link communication from the UE 102d based on the Uu interface associated with the access link between the UE 102d and the base station 104d / RU 106d.
[0042] Communication links between the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may be based on multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links may be associated with one or more carriers. The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may utilize a spectrum bandwidth of YMHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, etc. MHz) per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz, where x component carriers (CCs) are used for communication in each of the uplink and downlink directions. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other along a frequency spectrum. In examples, uplink and downlink carriers may be allocated in an asymmetric manner, with more or fewer carriers allocated to either the uplink or the downlink. A primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers may be included in the component carriers. The primary component carrier may be associated with a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be associated with a secondary cell (SCell) .
[0043] Some UEs 102, such as the UEs 102a and 102s, may perform device-to-device (D2D) communications over sidelink. For example, a sidelink communication / D2D link utilizes a spectrum for a wireless wide area network (WWAN) associated with uplink and downlink communications. Such sidelink / D2D communication may be performed through various wireless communications systems, such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems, Bluetooth systems, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, New Radio (NR) systems, etc.
[0044] The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may each include a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas may correspond to antenna elements, antenna panels, and / or antenna arrays that may facilitate beamforming operations. For example, the RU 106b transmits a downlink beamformed signal based on a first set of communication beams 132 to the UE 102b in one or more transmit directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may receive the downlink beamformed signal based on a second set of communication beams 134b from the RU 106b in one or more receive directions of the UE 102b. In a further example, the UE 102b may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal (e.g., sounding reference signal (SRS) ) to the RU 106b based on the second set of communication beams 134b in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102b. The RU 106b may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102b in one or more receive directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for the beamformed signals. The transmit and receive directions for the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may or may not be the same.
[0045] In further examples, beamformed signals may be communicated between a first base station / RU 106a and a second base station 104e. For instance, the base station 104e of the cell 190e may transmit a beamformed signal to the RU 106a based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The RU 106a may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 104e of the cell 190e based on the RU communication beams 136 in one or more receive directions of the RU 106a. In further examples, the base station 104e transmits a downlink beamformed signal to the UE 102e based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The UE 102e receives the downlink beamformed signal from the base station 104e based on UE communication beams 130 in one or more receive directions of the UE 102e. The UE 102e may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal to the base station 104e based on the UE communication beams 130 in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102e, such that the base station 104e may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102e in one or more receive directions of the base station 104e.
[0046] The base station 104 may include and / or be referred to as a NE. That is, “network entity” may refer to the base station 104 or at least one unit of the base station 104, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110. The base station 104 may also include and / or be referred to as a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB) , a next generation NB (gNB) , an evolved NB (eNB) , an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, a network node, network equipment, or other related terminology. The base station 104 or an entity at the base station 104 can be implemented as an IAB node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station, or a disaggregated base station including one or more RUs 106, DUs 108, and / or CUs 110. A set of aggregated or disaggregated base stations may be referred to as a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) . In some examples, the UE 102a operates in dual connectivity (DC) with the base station 104e and the base station / RU 106a. In such cases, the base station 104e can be a master node and the base station / RU 160a can be a secondary node.
[0047] Still referring to FIG. 1, any of the UEs 102 may include an uplink (UL) transmission power controller 140 configured to receive, from an NE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The UL transmission power controller 140 is configured to transmit, to the NE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0048] The base stations 104 or a NE of the base stations 104 may include a subband precoder controller 150 configured to transmit, to the UE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The subband precoder controller 150 is configured to receive, from the UE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0049] Accordingly, FIG. 1 describes a wireless communication system that may be implemented in connection with aspects of one or more other figures described herein. Further, although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as 5G-Advanced and future versions, LTE, LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , and other wireless technologies, such as 6G.
[0050] FIGs. 2A-2C each illustrate an example power control scenario, according to some implementations. The power control in each scenario may be performed by, e.g., the UE 102 in communication with the NE 104.
[0051] FIG. 2A illustrates a scenario 200 in which the UE 102 has different full power capabilities for different precoders. As illustrated, the UE 102 has higher full power capabilities for ports 0 and 1 at a level PCMAX, and lower full power capabilities for ports 2 and 3. Accordingly, the UE 102 has the capability of using a power 211 up to PCMAX if configured with a precoder associated with port 0 alone, a precoder associated with port 1 alone, or a precoder associated with both ports 2 and 3. However, the UE 102 has a different capability of using a power 212 lower than PCMAX if configured with a precoder associated with port 2 alone or a precoder associated with port 3 alone.
[0052] FIG. 2B illustrates a scenario 240 in which the UE 102 transmits different PRGs 220 from different NZP ports. As illustrated, the UE 102 uses port 0 to transmit PRGs 0 to 2, uses port 1 to transmit PRGs 0 and 2, uses port 2 to transmit PRG 2, and uses port 3 to transmit PRG 2. As described above, the precoders for such transmissions may cause the UE 102 to use different bandwidths for different ports, which causes a technical problem.
[0053] FIG. 2C illustrates a scenario 280 in which the UE 102 multiplexes PRGs on the same RB (s) with different subcarriers, with one PRG corresponding to subcarriers in one or multiple RBs. As illustrated, resource elements (REs) 231 and 232 correspond to PRG 1 and PRG 2, respectively. The REs 231 and 232 are alternately mapped to the different subcarriers in the same RB.
[0054] FIG. 3 illustrates an example signaling diagram 300 illustrating communications between the UE 102 and the NE 104, according to some implementations. The UE 102 may perform power control according to the signaling diagram 300 in a variety of scenarios, such as scenarios 200, 240, and 280.
[0055] According to the signaling diagram 300, the UE 102 optionally transmits 302, to the NE 104, a UE capability message on supported features for the subband precoder based uplink channel transmission. The UE capability message may include at least one of the following: the supported channel (s) , such as a PUSCH, aPUCCH, or a SRS channel, for subband precoder configuration or indication; the supported number of ports, e.g., a number of ports for the associated SRS channel, for the uplink channel with subband precoder configuration or indication; the supported precoder type, such as coherent, partial-coherent, or non-coherent, for subband precoder configuration or indication; whether the UE 102 supports different bandwidths for different NZP ports; whether the UE 102 supports different (e.g., orthogonal) NZP ports for different PRGs; or whether the UE 102 supports non-orthogonal NZP ports for different PRGs.
[0056] In some implementations, the UE 102 sends the UE capability message directly to the NE 104. In some other implementations, the UE 102 sends the UE capability message via a core network (e.g., via the access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network) or another NE.
[0057] The NE 104 transmits 304, to the UE 102, a control signal that configures the subband information and uplink power control parameters (e.g., those in equations (1) to (3) ) for at least one resource for the uplink channel. The subband information includes, e.g., the number of PRGs or number of RBs per PRG. The uplink power control parameters may further include the uplink power control mechanism for the uplink channel based on subband precoders, e.g., whether the UE 102 should apply per transmission occasion power control, per-PRG power control, per-port power control, and / or whether the UE 102 should apply a common EPRE per port, per PRG, or across the NZP ports and / or PRGs. The NE 104 may optionally use the control signal to configure the subband precoder for the at least one resource for the uplink channel. The subband precoder may be associated with the subband information.
[0058] The NE 104 may transmit 304 the control signal by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, e.g., a master information block (MIB) , a system information block (SIB) , or a RRC reconfiguration. The NE 104 may provide the configuration by one or multiple RRC messages (e.g., multiple SIBs, or a combination of SIBs and RRC reconfigurations) . The NE 104 may further update some of the uplink power control parameters by a MAC CE, a MAC PDU, DCI, or another RRC message.
[0059] The NE 104 may transmit 306 another control signal indicating or updating the subband precoder, partial or all the subband information, or a subset of or all the uplink power control parameters for the configured at least one resource for the uplink channel. The NE 104 may optionally use the control signal transmitted at 306 to schedule the uplink channel on the configured at least one resource.
[0060] The UE 102 transmits 308, to the NE 104, an uplink signal on the uplink channel. To transmit the uplink signal, the UE 102 may determine the transmission power for the uplink channel based on at least one of the following: a maximum transmission power for a transmission occasion; a maximum transmission power per NZP port for the transmission occasion; a bandwidth for each NZP port; or the configured or indicated uplink power control parameters. Upon determining the transmission power, the UE 102 transmits on the uplink channel based on the configured or indicated subband precoders and the determined transmission power.
[0061] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method 400 of wireless communication at a UE, such as the UE 102, according to some implementations. One or more operations in the method 400 may be similar to those described with reference to FIG. 3.
[0062] According to the method 400, the UE 102 optionally transmits 402 a UE capability message on supported features for the subband precoder based uplink channel transmission. The UE capability message may be similar to that transmitted at 302 in FIG. 3.
[0063] The UE 102 receives 404 a control signal that configures the subband information and uplink power control parameters for at least one resource for the uplink channel. The control signal may also optionally configure the subband precoder for the at least one resource for the uplink channel.
[0064] The UE 102 optionally receives 406 another control signal indicating or updating the subband precoder, subband information, or uplink power control parameters for the configured at least one resource for the uplink channel. This control signal may also optionally schedule the uplink channel on the configured at least one resource.
[0065] The UE 102 determines 408 the transmission power for the uplink channel. The UE 102 may determine the transmission power based on some parameters, such as those described with reference to 308 of FIG. 3. Based on the transmission power, the UE 102 transmits 410 an uplink signal on the uplink channel to the NE 104.
[0066] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method 500 of wireless communication at a NE, such as the NE 104 according to some implementations. One or more operations in the method 500 may be similar to those described with reference to FIG. 3.
[0067] According to the method 500, the NE 104 optionally receives 502 a UE capability message on UE supported features for the subband precoder based uplink channel transmission from the UE 102. The UE capability message may be similar to that transmitted at 302 in FIG. 3.
[0068] The NE 104 transmits 504 a control signal that configures the subband information and uplink power control parameters for at least one resource for the uplink channel. The control signal may also optionally configure the subband precoder for the at least one resource for the uplink channel.
[0069] The NE 104 optionally transmits 506 another control signal indicating or updating the subband precoder, subband information, or uplink power control parameters for the configured at least one resource for the uplink channel. This control signal may also optionally schedule the uplink channel on the configured at least one resource.
[0070] The NE 104 receives 510 an uplink signal on the uplink channel from the UE 102. The uplink channel has a transmission power determined by the UE based on the uplink power control parameters.
[0071] The UE 102 determines the uplink transmission power by performing an uplink power control procedure based on uplink power control parameters. The uplink power control procedures may be PRG-specific parameters, port-specific parameters, transmission occasion-specific procedure, or associated with a scheduling restriction. Implementations of the uplink power control procedure based on example uplink power control parameters are described below.
[0072] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a power control procedure 600 based on PRG-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The procedure 600 may be performed by the UE 102. In this disclosure, parameters specific to a PRG k are denoted using a subscript k.
[0073] The UE 102 determines 602 the transmission power for a PRG. The UE 102 then determines 604 a scaled power for the PRG or the PRG set based on the transmission power determined at 602, a number of NZP ports for the PRG or the PRG set, and / or a number of antenna ports. The UE 102 further determines 606 a transmission power for each NZP port based on the scaled power determined at 604. In some implementations, the UE 102 performs 608 additional power adjustment to keep the same energy per resource element (EPRE) for one or multiple NZP ports.
[0074] The determination of the transmission power for the PRG with an index of k is based on uplink transmission control parameters, some of which are PRG-specific parameters. For example, the uplink transmission control parameters include at least one of the following: a maximum transmission power for the PRG k, denoted as PCMAX, k; a target received power in a frequency unit, which may be specific to the PRG k, denoted as P0, k, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as P0; a bandwidth for the PRG k, e.g., a number of frequency units, denoted as Bk; a pathloss compensation ratio, which may be specific to the PRG k, denoted asαk, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as α; a pathloss measured based on a pathloss reference signal, where the pathloss may be specific to the PRG k, denoted as PLk, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as PL; a channel format or MCS compensation factor, which may be specific to the PRG k, denoted as Δk, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as Δ; or a closed-loop power control factor, which may be specific to the PRG k, denoted as fk, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as f. In additional to or alternative to using P0, k or P0, the determination may take into account a nominal target received power, which may be specific to the PRG k, denoted as P0_NOMINAL, k, or common to a plurality of PRGs, denoted as P0_UE, k.
[0075] For example, the UE 102 may determine the transmission power for a PRG k, PTx, k, according to either equation (4) or equation (5) : PTx, k=min {PCMAX, k, P0, k+10 log10 (Bk) +αk·PLk+Δk+fk} (4) PTx, k=min {PCMAX, k, P0+10 log10 (Bk) +ɑ·PL+Δ+f} (5)
[0076] In some implementations, the maximum number of PRGs for pathloss measurement per pathloss reference signal or across multiple pathloss reference signals within a BWP or serving cell or serving cells in a band or band combination is pre-defined (e.g., in 3GPP specifications) or reported by the UE 102 in the UE capability message. Similarly, the maximum number of pathloss reference signals for subband pathloss measurement within a BWP or serving cell or serving cells in a band or band combination is pre-defined (e.g., in 3GPP specifications) or by the UE 102 in the UE capability message. In an example, the maximum number of pathloss reference signals for subband pathloss measurement within a BWP or serving cell or serving cells in a band or band combination may be different from the maximum number of pathloss reference signals within a BWP or serving cell or serving cells in a band or band combination. The maximum number of pathloss reference signals for subband pathloss measurement within a BWP or serving cell or serving cells in a band or band combination may be greater than 4.
[0077] In some implementations, the NE 104 indicates one or more absolute or accumulative close-loop power control factors, which may be common for the multiple UEs or specific to the UE 102. The close-loop power control factors may be included in, e.g., one or more transmission power control command (s) . The UE 102 uses the close-loop power control factors for the PRGs corresponding to a power control process (e.g., power control state) . In an example, the NE 104 transmits DCI format 2_3 in which one transmission power control (TPC) field corresponding to one PRG in one serving cell or BWP is present. In another example, the communication network indicates or includes a number of bits to indicate which PRGs correspond to TPC fields for one serving cell or BWP present in the DCI format 2_3. In yet another example, even if the UE 102 is configured with subband pathloss measurement within a BWP or a serving cell, the communication network still indicates or includes one TPC field for the BWP or serving cell.
[0078] In some implementations, the UE 102 performs further power control to keep the same transmission power for all the PRGs or to keep the same transmission power for all REs. In an example of such further power control, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for a PRG k as the minimum, maximum, or average transmission power across all of a plurality of PRGs. In another example of such further power control, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for a PRG k, denoted as PTx, k, nwe, based on the total transmission power across the plurality of PRGs, denoted as PTx, the bandwidth for the PRG k, denoted as Bk, and the bandwidth for the uplink channel, denoted as B, according to equations (6) and (7) : where K is the total number of the plurality of PRGs.
[0079] In some implementations, the UE determines the maximum transmission power for the PRG k based on at least one of the followings: maximum transmission power for the transmission occasion, bandwidth for the PRG k, bandwidth for the transmission occasion, number of NZP ports for the PRG k, number of NZP ports for the transmission occasion, or number of PRGs for the transmission occasion. In some examples, the UE 102 determines the maximum transmission power for the PRG k, denoted as PCMAX, k, based on at least one of equations (8) to (10) : PCMAX, k=PCMAX10 log10K (8) where NNZP, k denotes the number of NZP ports for the PRG k.
[0080] In some implementations, the UE 102 performs power scaling and / or power split to determine the transmission power for each NZP port for each PRG. The UE 102 may determine the transmission power for each NZP port for each PRG based on at least one of the following: a power scaling factor for the PRG k, denoted as sk; or the number of NZP ports for the PRG k. In an example, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for the NZP port q for the PRG k, denoted as PTx, k, q, according to equation (11) :
[0081] The scaling factor sk for a PRG k may be pre-defined or configured by the NE 104 or determined by the UE 102 (e.g., derived by the scaling factor, s) . If the UE performs additional power adjustment, such as power control according to equations (6) and (7) , the UE 102 replaces PTx, k in equation (11) with PTx, k, new when determining PTx, k, q.
[0082] In some implementations, the UE 102 reports the supported uplink full power mode (s) , and / or supported precoder, e.g., a transmission precoder matrix indicator (TPMI) with full power transmission for an uplink full power mode. For some uplink full power modes, the scaling factor may be pre-defined as sk=1 or For some other uplink full power modes, the UE 102 determines the scaling factor based on the precoder (s) for the PRG. When such uplink full power mode is configured by the NE 104, the UE 102 determines the scaling factor as follows: if the indicated precoder for the PRG k belongs to a reported precoder group with full power transmission, then the UE 102 determines the value of sk based on the scaling factor for the reported precoder group, where the scaling factor for a precoder group may be pre-defined (e.g. as 1) , configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102; otherwise the UE 102 determines the value as The NE 104 may configure or indicate the precoders from the same precoder group with the same power scaling factor for the PRGs in a PRG set.
[0083] In some implementations, the UE 102 applies further power adjustment for each NZP port to keep the same transmission power for the REs, e.g., to keep the same energy per resource element (EPRE) per port. In an example, the UE determines the transmission power for a PRG k for an NZP port q as the minimum or maximum or average transmission power across all the PRGs for the NZP port q. In another example, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for a PRG k for an NZP port q, denoted as PTx, k, q, new, based on the total transmission power across the PRGs for the NZP port q, denoted as the bandwidth for the PRG k, and the bandwidth for the uplink channel, according to equations (12) and (13) : where is the maximum transmission power for the NZP port q.
[0084] The maximum transmission power for an antenna port may be pre-defined, reported by the UE 102, configured by the NE 104, or determined by the UE 102. In an example, the UE 102 determines according to equation (14) : where Q denotes the number of NZP ports. In an example, the UE 102 determines according to equation (15) : where wq denotes the power allocation factor for the NZP port q. The power allocation factor Wq may be pre-defined, configured by the NE 104, reported by the UE 102, or determined by the UE 102. The power allocation factor wq may meet equation (16) :
[0085] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines to trigger a power headroom report (PHR) procedure upon detecting at least one of the following: expiry of a prohibit timer for PHR, which the UE 102 may start or restart after the reconfiguration of the PHR procedure or the transmission of a PHR; a pathloss change for a PRG or a whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss change for a plurality of PRGs or for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; a pathloss for the PRG or the whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; or a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss for the plurality of PRGs for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold. Some or all of the thresholds may be predefined, configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102. In some examples, to satisfy a threshold means to exceed the threshold. In some other examples, to satisfy a threshold means below the threshold.
[0086] The UE 102 may determine whether to transmit an actual PHR or a reference PHR based on whether there is a PUSCH transmission. In the PHR, the UE 102 may report at least one of the following: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR; a first power headroom (PH) for at least one PRG for an actual PUSCH transmission or a reference PUSCH transmission; a second PH across a plurality of PRGs for the actual transmission or the reference transmission; a first maximum transmission power for the at least one PRG, or a second maximum transmission power for all PRGs for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission.
[0087] The UE 102 may calculate the first PH as the offset between the first maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power for the at least one PRG for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission. The UE 102 may calculate the second PH as the offset between the second maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power across all PRGs for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission.
[0088] In some implementations, the UE 102 transmits multiple PHRs, where different PHRs correspond to different PRGs. The UE 102 may determine whether to trigger the PHR procedure for each PRG upon detecting events similar to those described above. The UE 102 may determine whether to transmit an actual PHR or a reference PHR for a PRG based on whether there is a PUSCH transmission based on the PRG. In some implementations, the UE 102 may determine the reference PUSCH for the reference PHR calculation is based on wideband precoder or subband precoder from the same NZP port (s) , where the NZP port (s) for the reference PUSCH may be pre-defined, e.g., all the antenna ports, or configured by the NE or reported by the UE.
[0089] FIG. 7 illustrates an example scenario 700 of power control based on PRG-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The scenario 700 may involve the UE 102 and the NE 104.
[0090] As illustrated, the UE 102 first determines the transmission power, PTx, 0, PTx, 1, and PTx, 2, respectively, for three PRGs, with each PRG across four ports, Port 0 to Port 3, including zero-power (ZP) ports 240 and NZP ports 241. The UE 102 then performs power scaling and split to obtain the values of first EPRE 251 and second EPRE 252 on different PRGs and different NZP ports. When EPRE 251 and EPRE 252 are different, the UE 102 performs additional power adjustment such that all REs across all NZP ports 241 have the same transmission power. In other words, after the adjustment, transmissions from all NZP ports 241 have a common EPRE 255.
[0091] FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a power control procedure 800 based on port-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The procedure 800 may be performed by the UE 102. In this disclosure, parameters specific to an NZP port q are denoted using a superscript q.
[0092] According to the procedure 800, the UE 102 determines 802 a first transmission power for each NZP port separately. The UE 102 then performs 804 additional power adjustment to keep the same EPRE for different NZP ports and / or to meet the requirement of the maximum transmission power for the uplink channel.
[0093] The determination of the transmission power for an NZP port (which may be a single NZP port or an NZP port group) with an index of q may be based on at least one of the following: a maximum transmission power for the NZP port q, denoted as a target received power in a frequency unit, which may be specific to the NZP port q, denoted as or common to a plurality of NZP ports, denoted as P0; a bandwidth for the NZP port q, e.g., a number of frequency units, denoted as Bq; a pathloss compensation ratio, which may be specific to the NZP port q, denoted as αq, or common to a plurality of NZP ports, denoted as α; a pathloss measured based on a pathloss reference signal, where the pathloss may be specific to the NZP port q, denoted as PLq, or common to a plurality of NZP ports, denoted as PL; a channel format or MCS compensation factor, which may be specific to the NZP port q, denoted asΔq, or common to a plurality of NZP ports, denoted as Δ; a closed-loop power control factor, which may be specific to the NZP port q, denoted as fq, or common to a plurality of NZP ports, denoted as f; or a reference number of NZPs ports, denoted as X. The value X may be determined by the UE 102 based on the maximum, minimum, or average number of NZP ports across a plurality of PRGs, or based on the number of antenna ports. The value X may alternatively be pre-defined, e.g., 1, or configured by the NE 104.
[0094] For example, the UE 102 may determine the transmission power for an NZP port q, according to either equation (17) or equation (18) :
[0095] In some implementations, if the NZP port q is a port group including multiple NZP ports, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for each NZP port in the group based on the equal split of the linear value of The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the same PRG (s) for the NZP ports in one NZP port group.
[0096] In some implementations, the maximum number of ports for pathloss measurement per pathloss reference signal or across multiple pathloss reference signals within a BWP, a serving cell, or serving cells in a band or band combination is pre-defined (e.g., in 3GPP specifications) or reported by the UE 102 in the UE capability message. Similarly, the maximum number of pathloss reference signals for per-port pathloss measurement within a BWP, a serving cell, or serving cells in a band or band combination is pre-defined (e.g., in 3GPP specifications) or by the UE 102 in the UE capability message. In an example, the maximum number of pathloss reference signals for subband pathloss measurement within a BWP, a serving cell, or serving cells in a band or band combination may be different from the maximum number of pathloss reference signals within a BWP, a serving cell, or serving cells in a band or band combination. The maximum number of pathloss reference signals for subband pathloss measurement within a BWP, a serving cell, or serving cells in a band or band combination may be greater than 4.
[0097] In some implementations, the NE 104 indicates one or more absolute or accumulative close-loop power control factors, which may be common for the multiple UEs or specific to the UE 102. The close-loop power control factors may be included in, e.g., one or more transmission power control command (s) . The UE 102 uses the close-loop power control factors for the ports corresponding to a power control process (e.g., power control state) . In an example, the NE 104 transmits DCI format 2_3 in which one transmission power control (TPC) field corresponding to one port in one serving cell or BWP is present. In another example, the communication network indicates or includes a number of bits to indicate which PRGs correspond to TPC fields for one serving cell or BWP present in the DCI format 2_3. In yet another example, even if the UE 102 is configured with subband pathloss measurement within a BWP or a serving cell, the communication network still indicates or includes one TPC field for the BWP or serving cell.
[0098] In some implementations, the UE 102 performs further power control for the port-specific transmission power to meet at least one of the following criteria: the total transmission power across all the NZP ports does not exceed the maximum transmission power; or the EPRE is the same for or across a subset of or all NZP ports. The UE 102 may adjust the determined port-specific transmission power according to equations (19) and (20) : Equations (19) and (20) are similar to equations (6) and (7) , respectively, except that equations (19) and (20) use the superscript q to denote port-specific parameters as opposed to the subscript k in equations (6) and (7) to denote PRG-specific parameters.
[0099] Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 may adjust the determined port-specific transmission power according to equation (21) : where EPRE is determined based on the minimum, maximum, or average EPRE value across all the NZP ports. For EPRE specific to the NZP port q, the value may be calculated according to equation (22) :
[0100] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines to trigger a power headroom report (PHR) procedure upon detecting at least one of the following: expiry of a prohibit timer for PHR, which the UE 102 may start or restart after the reconfiguration of the PHR procedure or the transmission of a PHR; a pathloss change for a port for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss change for a plurality of ports or for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; a pathloss for the port or the whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; or a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss for the plurality of ports for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold. Some or all of the thresholds may be predefined, configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102. In some examples, to satisfy a threshold means to exceed the threshold. In some other examples, to satisfy a threshold means below the threshold.
[0101] The UE 102 may determine whether to transmit an actual PHR or a reference PHR based on whether there is a PUSCH transmission. In the PHR, the UE 102 may report at least one of the following: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR; a third PH for at least one port for an actual PUSCH transmission or a reference PUSCH transmission; a fourth PH across a plurality of ports for the actual transmission or the reference transmission; a third maximum transmission power for the at least one port, or a fourth maximum transmission power for all ports for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission.
[0102] The UE 102 may calculate the third PH as the offset between the third maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power for the at least one port for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission. The UE 102 may calculate the fourth PH as the offset between the fourth maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power across all ports for the actual or reference PUSCH transmission.
[0103] In some implementations, the UE 102 transmits multiple PHRs, where different PHRs correspond to different ports. The UE 102 may determine whether to trigger the PHR procedure for each port upon detecting events similar to those described above. The UE 102 may determine whether to transmit an actual PHR or a virtual PHR for a port based on whether there is a PUSCH transmission based on the port.
[0104] FIG. 9 illustrates an example scenario 900 of power control based on port-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The scenario 900 may involve the UE 102 and the NE 104.
[0105] As illustrated, the UE 102 first determines, e.g., according to operations at 802 of FIG. 8 and / or equation (17) or (18) , transmission power on ports 0 to 3 (Port 0, Port 1, Port 2, Port3) , namely, PTx, 0, PTx, 1, PTx, 2, and PTx, 3, respectively. The determined transmission powers correspond to different EPRE values on these ports. Specifically, the three NZP ports of port 0 and the three NZP ports of port 3 all have the first EPRE 251, whereas the NZP port of port 0 and the NZP port of port 3 both have the second EPRE 252. When EPRE 251 and EPRE 252 are different, the UE 102 performs additional power adjustment such that all REs across all NZP ports 241 have the same transmission power. In other words, after the adjustment, transmissions from all NZP ports have a common EPRE 255.
[0106] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a power control procedure 1000 based on transmission occasion-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The procedure 1000 may be performed by the UE 102.
[0107] According to the procedure 1000, the UE 102 determines 1002 a first transmission power for a transmission occasion. The determination of the first transmission power may be based on equation (1) , where the UE may determine the bandwidth B based on equation (2) or based on the bandwidth for one or multiple of the NZP ports. The UE 102 then determines 1004 the transmission power for each NZP port based on the first transmission power and other parameters, such as: the bandwidth for each NZP port; a reference number of NZP ports; the configure uplink full power mode; or one or multiple of the indicated precoders.
[0108] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines the bandwidth B based on the bandwidth of a pre-defined NZP port (e.g., the first NZP port) , an NZP port configured or indicated by the NE 104, or an NZP port determined by the UE 102. In some other implementations, the UE 102 determines the bandwidth B based on the bandwidth for the transmission occasion. In some other implementations, the UE 102 determines the bandwidth B based on the minimum, average, maximum, or total bandwidth across a subset or all of the NZP ports, e.g., according to one of equations (23) - (26) : B=min {B0, B1, …, BQ-1} (23) B=max {B0, B1, …, BQ-1} (24)
[0109] The UE 102 may further perform power scaling and split for the determined transmission power. As an example of performing power scaling and split, the UE 102 performs per-transmission occasion power scaling and split based on the scaling factor s. The UE 102 may determine the power scaling factor s based on the uplink full power mode and / or one or multiple of the precoders for the uplink channel. Alternatively, the scaling factor s may be configured by the NE 104, reported by the UE 102, or pre-defined. For example, the scaling factor s may be pre-defined as s=1 or where NNZP, ref denotes a reference number of NZP ports, such as the number of NZP port across the PRGs for the uplink channel. The value of NNZP, ref may be pre-defined, configured by the NE 104, reported by the UE 102, or determined based on one or multiple of the precoders.
[0110] In some implementations, the UE 102 reports the supported uplink full power mode (s) , and / or supported precoder, e.g., TPMI, with full power transmission for an uplink full power mode. For some uplink full power modes, the scaling factor may be pre-defined, e.g., s=1 or For some other uplink full power modes, the UE 102 determines the scaling factor based on the precoder (s) for uplink channel.
[0111] In an example, when the uplink full power mode is configured by the NE 104, the UE 102 determines the scaling factor based on one of the precoders for the uplink channel, where the precoder may be for a particular PRG, e.g., the first or last PRG or a PRG indicated or configured by the NE 104. The UE 102 may determine the scaling factor s as follows: if the indicated precoder for the PRG k belongs to a reported precoder group with full power transmission, then the UE 102 determines the value of s based on the scaling factor for the reported precoder group, where the scaling factor for a precoder group may be pre-defined (e.g. as 1) , configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102; otherwise the UE 102 determines the value of s as
[0112] In another example, the UE 102 determines the scaling factor s based on the precoders for multiple PRGs, and determines the scaling factor s based on the minimum, maximum, or average value of scaling factors across the PRGs according to one of equations (27) - (29) : s=min {s0, s1, …, sK} (27) s=max {s0, s1, …, sK} (28)
[0113] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines the transmission power for each NZP port based on the bandwidth for each NZP port. In an example, the UE 102 determines the linear transmission power for an NZP port q according to equation (30) :
[0114] In some other implementations, the NE 104 schedules the UL channel with the same bandwidth for each NZP port. Then the UE 102 determines the transmission power for each NZP port according to equation (31) :
[0115] As another example of performing power scaling and split, the UE 102 performs per-port power allocation and power adjustment. In some implementations, the UE 102 determines a first transmission power for a NZP port q based on the determined transmission power per occasion, the bandwidth for each NZP port, and the maximum transmission power for the NZP port q. For example, the UE 102 determines the first transmission power in dBm for the NZP port q according to equation (32) :
[0116] The UE 102 may perform further power adjustment to keep the same EPRE for or across a subset of NZP ports (e.g., the NZP ports for the transmission of at least one layer for coherent transmission) or for or across all the NZP ports. For example, the UE 102 may calculate the EPRE for each NZP port according to equation (22) based on the first transmission power in equation (32) and determine the transmission power for an NZP port based on the minimum, maximum, or average EPRE across the subset or all of the NZP ports according to equation (21) .
[0117] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines to trigger a PHR procedure upon detecting at least one of the following: expiry of a prohibit timer for PHR, which the UE 102 may start or restart after the reconfiguration of the PHR procedure or the transmission of a PHR; a pathloss change for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold; or a pathloss for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a threshold. Some or all of the thresholds may be predefined, configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102. In some examples, to satisfy a threshold means to exceed the threshold. In some other examples, to satisfy a threshold means below the threshold.
[0118] The UE 102 may determine whether to transmit an actual PHR or a reference PHR based on whether there is a PUSCH transmission. In the PHR, the UE 102 may report at least one of the following: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR; a PH for an actual PUSCH transmission or reference PUSCH transmission; or a maximum transmission power for an actual PUSCH transmission or reference PUSCH transmission.
[0119] For an actual PHR, the UE 102 may calculate the PH based on the maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power for the actual PUSCH transmission. For a reference PHR, the UE 102 may calculate the PH based on the maximum transmission power and the determined transmission power for a reference PUSCH transmission, where the UE 102 determines the transmission for a reference PUSCH transmission based on a power scaling factor s configured by the NE 104, reported by the UE 102, or pre-defined.
[0120] FIG. 11 illustrates an example scenario 1100 of power control based on transmission occasion-specific parameters, according to some implementations. The scenario 1100 may involve the UE 102 and the NE 104.
[0121] As illustrated, the NE 104 schedules uplink transmission by the UE 102 from ports 0 to 3 (Port 0, Port 1, Port 2, Port 3) . At the scheduled transmission occasion, transmissions 1160-1163 at ports 0 to 3 each have a bandwidth. The UE 102 then calculates the transmission power for the entire occasion using a total transmission power for transmissions 1160-1163. Further, the UE 102 performs power allocation to allocate the total transmission power to all of the NZP ports 0 to 3. As described above, the allocation may result in all of ports 0 to 3 having the same EPRE.
[0122] FIGs. 12A-12D each illustrate an example scenario of power split across one or more ports, according to some implementations. In the scenarios illustrated in FIGs. 12A-12D, the UE 102 performs uplink power control based on parameters associated with a scheduling restriction. For example, the NE 104 may configure or indicate the subband precoder for an uplink channel based on at least one of the following: a plurality of subband precoders for one or more PRGs for a transmission occasion from the same NZP port; a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs for a transmission occasion from the same precoder group with a common scaling factor; an uplink full power mode based on a fixed scaling factor (e.g., uplink full power mode 0 or the uplink full power mode being disabled) ; aplurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on orthogonal NZP ports, where different PRGs may have the same or different numbers of NZP ports; or a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on the same bandwidth for each NZP port.
[0123] In scenario 1200 of FIG. 12A, ports 0 to 3 (Port 0, Port 1, Port 2, Port 3) have NZP ports 241 for all of the PRGs while having no ZP port 240. In this scenario, the subband precoders are all coherent precoders, e.g., all the ports are used for each layer.
[0124] In scenario 1220 of FIG. 12B, ports 0, 1, and 3 (Port 0, Port 1, Port 3) have NZP ports 241 for all PRGs while port 2 (Port 2) has ZP port 240 for all PRGs. This is a scenario of partial-coherent precoders.
[0125] In scenario 1250 of FIG. 12C, the NE 104 configures or indicates the subband precoders for the PRGs based on orthogonal NZP ports 241. In other words, the subband precoders are based on the orthogonal NZP ports 241 for different PRGs.
[0126] In scenario 1280 of FIG. 12D, the NE 104 configures or indicates the subband precoders for the PRGs based on the same bandwidth for each NZP port 241.
[0127] In some implementations, the NE 104 refrains from configuring or indicating the subband precoder for the uplink channel if one or multiple of the above scenarios are not satisfied or if none of the above scenarios is satisfied. In some other implementations, the NE 104 refrains from configuring or indicating the subband precoder for the uplink channel if one or multiple of the above scenarios are not satisfied or none of the above scenarios is satisfied, and if the UE 102 does not support a power control procedure that is either PRG-specific, port-specific, or transmission occasion-specific.
[0128] In some implementations, the UE 102 calculates the transmission power for each NZP port based on equations (1) , (2) , and (3) , where the power scaling factor s may be determined based on a configured or indicated precoder, pre-defined, configured by the NE 104, or reported by the UE 102.
[0129] FIG. 12E illustrates an example scenario 1290 of power split across one or more ports, according to some implementations. According to scenario 1290 and in similar implementations, the UE 102 performs power split among the ports to keep the same transmission power for each allocated RE across all ports.
[0130] As illustrated, after the UE performs power split, ports 1000 and 1002 each have a transmission power of 0.25*P_Tx and port 1001 has a transmission power of 0.5*P_Tx, where P_Tx indicates the determined linear transmission power for the transmission occasion across ports 1000-1002. The REs 1260 and 1261 have the same power for all PRGs after the power split.
[0131] FIG. 13 illustrates a flowchart of a method 1300 of wireless communication at a UE. With reference to FIGs. 1-4 and 6-12, the method 1300 may be performed by the UE 102.
[0132] According to method 1300, the UE receives 1304, from an NE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. As described above, the uplink power control parameter may include one or more parameters in equations (1) - (32) . The subband information may include the PRG information.
[0133] The UE transmits 1308, to the NE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter. The UE may determine transmission power based on the uplink power control parameter in an uplink power control procedure as described above.
[0134] FIG. 14 illustrates a flowchart of a method 1400 of wireless communication at a UE. With reference to FIGs. 1-3 and 5-12, the method 1400 may be performed by the NE 104.
[0135] According to method 1400, the NE transmits 1404, to a UE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. As described above, the uplink power control parameter may include one or more parameters in equations (1) - (32) . The subband information may include the PRG information.
[0136] The NE then receives 1408, from the UE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter. The UE may determine transmission power for the subband precoder based transmission using the uplink power control parameter in an uplink power control procedure as described above.
[0137] FIG. 15 is a diagram 1500 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for a UE apparatus 1502. The UE apparatus 1502 may be the UE 102, a component of the UE 102, or may implement UE functionality. The UE apparatus 1502 may include an application processor 1506, which may have on-chip memory 1506’ . In examples, the application processor 1506 may be coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1508 and / or a display 1510. The application processor 1506 may also be coupled to a sensor (s) module 1512, a power supply 1514, an additional module of memory 1516, a camera 1518, and / or other related components.
[0138] The UE apparatus 1502 may further include a wireless baseband processor 1526, which may be referred to as a modem. The wireless baseband processor 1526 may have on-chip memory 1526'. Along with, and similar to, the application processor 1506, the wireless baseband processor 1526 may also be coupled to the sensor (s) module 1512, the power supply 1514, the additional module of memory 1516, the camera 1518, and / or other related components. The wireless baseband processor 1526 may be additionally coupled to one or more subscriber identity module (SIM) card (s) 1520 and / or one or more transceivers 1530 (e.g., wireless RF transceivers) .
[0139] Within the one or more transceivers 1530, the UE apparatus 1502 may include a Bluetooth module 1532, a WLAN module 1534, an SPS module 1536 (e.g., GNSS module) , and / or a cellular module 1538. The Bluetooth module 1532, the WLAN module 1534, the SPS module 1536, and the cellular module 1538 may each include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) , or in some cases, just a transmitter (TX) or just a receiver (RX) . The Bluetooth module 1532, the WLAN module 1534, the SPS module 1536, and the cellular module 1538 may each include dedicated antennas and / or utilize antennas 1540 for communication with one or more other nodes. For example, the UE apparatus 1502 can communicate through the transceiver (s) 1530 via the antennas 1540 with another UE (e.g., sidelink communication) and / or with a NE 104 (e.g., uplink / downlink communication) , where the NE 104 may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110.
[0140] The wireless baseband processor 1526 and the application processor 1506 may each include a computer-readable medium / memory 1526', 1506', respectively. The additional module of memory 1516 may also be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory 1526', 1506', 1516 may be non-transitory. The wireless baseband processor 1526 and the application processor 1506 may each be responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1526', 1506', 1516. The software, when executed by the wireless baseband processor 1526 / application processor 1506, causes the wireless baseband processor 1526 / application processor 1506 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the wireless baseband processor 1526 / application processor 1506 when executing the software. The wireless baseband processor 1526 / application processor 1506 may be a component of the UE 102. The UE apparatus 1502 may be a processor chip (e.g., modem and / or application) and include just the wireless baseband processor 1526 and / or the application processor 1506. In other examples, the UE apparatus 1502 may be the entire UE 102 and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1502.
[0141] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 13, the UL transmission power controller 140 is configured to receive, from an NE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The UL transmission power controller 140 is configured to transmit, to the NE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0142] The UL transmission power controller 140 may be within the application processor 1506 (e.g., at 140a) , the wireless baseband processor 1526 (e.g., at 140b) , or both the application processor 1506 and the wireless baseband processor 1526. The UL transmission power controller 140a-140b may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors, or a combination thereof.
[0143] FIG. 16 is a diagram 1600 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for one or more NEs 104. The one or more NEs 104 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. The one or more NEs 104 may include, or may correspond to, at least one of the RU 106, the DU, 108, or the CU 110. The CU 110 may include a CU processor 1646, which may have on-chip memory 1646'. In some aspects, the CU 110 may further include an additional module of memory 1656 and / or a communications interface 1648, both of which may be coupled to the CU processor 1646. The CU 110 can communicate with the DU 108 through a midhaul link 162, such as an F1 interface between the communications interface 1648 of the CU 110 and a communications interface 1628 of the DU 108.
[0144] The DU 108 may include a DU processor 1626, which may have on-chip memory 1626'. In some aspects, the DU 108 may further include an additional module of memory 1636 and / or the communications interface 1628, both of which may be coupled to the DU processor 1626. The DU 108 can communicate with the RU 106 through a fronthaul link 160 between the communications interface 1628 of the DU 108 and a communications interface 1608 of the RU 106.
[0145] The RU 106 may include an RU processor 1606, which may have on-chip memory 1606'. In some aspects, the RU 106 may further include an additional module of memory 1616, the communications interface 1608, and one or more transceivers 1630, all of which may be coupled to the RU processor 1606. The RU 106 may further include antennas 1640, which may be coupled to the one or more transceivers 1630, such that the RU 106 can communicate through the one or more transceivers 1630 via the antennas 1640 with the UE 102.
[0146] The on-chip memory 1606', 1626', 1646' and the additional modules of memory 1616, 1636, 1656 may each be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory may be non-transitory. Each of the processors 1606, 1626, 1646 is responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the corresponding processor (s) 1606, 1626, 1646 causes the processor (s) 1606, 1626, 1646 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor (s) 1606, 1626, 1646 when executing the software. In examples, the subband precoder controller 150 may sit at any of the one or more NEs 104, such as at the CU 110; both the CU 110 and the DU 108; each of the CU 110, the DU 108, and the RU 106; the DU 108; both the DU 108 and the RU 106; or the RU 106.
[0147] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 14, the subband precoder controller 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel. The subband precoder controller 150 is configured to receive, from the UE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder. The uplink signal has an uplink power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0148] The subband precoder controller 150 may be within one or more processors of the one or more NEs 104, such as the RU processor 1606 (e.g., at 150a) , the DU processor 1626 (e.g., at 150b) , and / or the CU processor 1646 (e.g., at 150c) . The subband precoder controller 150a-150c may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors 1606, 1626, 1646 configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors 1606, 1626, 1646, or a combination thereof.
[0149] The specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts disclosed herein is an illustration of example approaches. Hence, the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts may be rearranged. Some blocks may also be combined or deleted. Dashed lines may indicate optional elements of the diagrams. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in an example order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented in the claims, processes, and flowcharts.
[0150] The detailed description set forth herein describes various configurations in connection with the drawings and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough explanation of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0151] Aspects of wireless communication systems, such as telecommunication systems, are presented with reference to various apparatuses and methods. These apparatuses and methods are described in the following detailed description and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, call flows, systems, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0152] An element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems-on-chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other similar hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software, which may be referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.
[0153] If the functionality described herein is implemented in software, the functions may be stored on, or encoded as, one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium, such as a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media and can include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of these types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer.
[0154] Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, the aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices, such as end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, machine learning (ML) -enabled devices, etc. The aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may range from chip-level or modular components to non-modular or non-chip-level implementations, and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques described herein.
[0155] Devices incorporating the aspects and features described herein may also include additional components and features for the implementation and practice of the claimed and described aspects and features. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes, such as hardware components, antennas, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processor (s) , interleavers, adders / summers, etc. Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc., of varying configurations.
[0156] The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be interpreted in view of the full scope of the present disclosure consistent with the language of the claims.
[0157] Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The terms “may” , “might” , and “can” , as used in this disclosure, often carry certain connotations. For example, “may” refers to a permissible feature that may or may not occur, “might” refers to a feature that probably occurs, and “can” refers to a capability (e.g., capable of) . The phrase “For example” often carries a similar connotation to “may” and, therefore, “may” is sometimes excluded from sentences that include “for example” or other similar phrases.
[0158] Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C” or “one or more of A, B, or C” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, such as A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, and / or multiples of C, or may include A only, B only, or C only. Sets should be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more. Terms or articles such as “a” , “an” , and / or “the” may refer to one of an item, feature, element, etc., that the term or article precedes, or may refer to more than one of said item, feature, element, etc. that the term or article precedes. For example, the recitation “a widget” does not preclude reference to multiples of said widget, as “multiple widgets” necessarily includes “a widget” . Hence, the recitation “a widget” may be interpreted as “at least one widget” or, similarly, interpreted as “one or more widgets” .
[0159] Unless otherwise specifically indicated, ordinal terms such as “first” and “second” do not necessarily imply an order in time, sequence, numerical value, etc., but are used to distinguish between different instances of a term or phrase that follows each ordinal term.
[0160] Reference numbers, as used in the specification and figures, are sometimes cross-referenced among drawings to denote same or similar features. A feature that is exactly the same in multiple drawings may be labeled with the same reference number in the multiple drawings. A feature that is similar among the multiple drawings, but not exactly the same, may be labeled with reference numbers that have different leading numbers but have one or more of the same trailing numbers (e.g., 206, 306, 406, etc., may refer to similar features in the drawings) . Hence, like numbers may refer to like actions.
[0161] Structural and functional equivalents to elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ” As used herein, the phrase “based on”shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” , where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like, shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0162] The following examples are illustrative only and may be combined with other examples or teachings described herein, without limitation.
[0163] Example 1 is a method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, including: receiving, from a network entity, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel; and transmitting, to the network entity on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0164] Example 2 may be combined with the method of Example 1, further including: transmitting, to the network entity, a UE capability message indicating at least one of: a supported channel for subband precoder configuration or indication, a supported number of ports for the uplink channel with subband precoder configuration or indication, a supported precoder type for subband precoder configuration or indication, whether the UE supports different bandwidths for different non-zero power, NZP, ports, whether the UE supports orthogonal NZP ports for different precoder resource block groups, PRGs, or whether the UE supports non-orthogonal NZP ports for different PRGs.
[0165] Example 3 may be combined with the method of Example 1 or 2, wherein the configuration is included in a first control signal and further configures a subband precoder for the resource for the uplink channel, and wherein the method further includes: receiving, from the network entity, a second control signal indicating or updating at least one of: the subband precoder, the subband information, or the uplink power control parameter.
[0166] Example 4 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is precoder resource block group-specific, PRG-specific, the method further including at least one of: determining a transmission power for a PRG ; determining a scaled power for the PRG based on at least one of: the transmission power for the PRG, a number of non-zero power, NZP, ports for the PRG, or a number of antenna ports; or determining a transmission power for each NZP port based on the scaled power.
[0167] Example 5 may be combined with the method of Example 4, wherein the determining the transmission power for the PRG or the PRG set is based on at least one of: a maximum transmission power for the PRG, a target received power in a frequency unit, a bandwidth for the PRG, a pathloss compensation ratio, a pathloss measured based on a pathloss reference signal, a channel format or modulation and coding scheme, MCS, compensation factor, or a closed-loop power control factor.
[0168] Example 6 may be combined with the method of Example 5, wherein the closed-loop power control factor is determined based on an absolute value or an accumulative value indicated by the network entity.
[0169] Example 7 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-6, further including: receiving downlink control information, DCI, format 2_3 having a transmission power control, TPC, field corresponding to the PRG.
[0170] Example 8 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-7, wherein the transmission power for the PRG is a maximum transmission power for a plurality of PRGs, a minimum transmission power for the plurality of PRGs, or an average transmission power for the plurality of PRGs.
[0171] Example 9 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-8, wherein the determining the transmission power for the PRG is based on a total transmission power across a plurality of PRGs, a bandwidth for the PRG, and a bandwidth of the uplink channel.
[0172] Example 10 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-9, wherein the determining the transmission power for the PRG includes determining a maximum transmission power for the PRG.
[0173] Example 11 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-10, wherein the determining the scaled power for the PRG includes: determining a scaling factor for the PRG based on an uplink full power mode supported by the UE, the method further including: reporting, to the network entity, at least one of the uplink full power mode or a transmission precoder matrix indicator, TPMI.
[0174] Example 12 may be combined with the method of Example 11, wherein the determining the scaling factor for the PRG is based on a precoder indicated by the network entity and a precoder group reported to the network entity.
[0175] Example 13 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-12, further including: performing a power adjustment such that the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE.
[0176] Example 14 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-13, further including: triggering a power headroom report, PHR, procedure upon detecting at least one of: expiry of a PHR prohibit timer, a pathloss change for a PRG or a whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a first threshold, a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss change for a plurality of PRGs or for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a second threshold, a pathloss for the PRG or the whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a third threshold, or a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss for the plurality of PRGs for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a fourth threshold.
[0177] Example 15 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 4-14, further including: determining, based on the uplink channel, whether the PHR is an actual PHR or a reference PHR; and transmitting, to the network entity, at least one of: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR, a first power headroom, PH, for at least one PRG for an actual transmission or a reference transmission, a second PH across a plurality of PRGs for the actual transmission or the reference transmission, a first maximum transmission power for the at least one PRG, or a second maximum transmission power for the plurality of PRGs for the actual transmission or the reference transmission.
[0178] Example 16 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is port-specific, the method further including determining a transmission power for each NZP port.
[0179] Example 17 may be combined with the method of Example 16, further including: receiving downlink control information, DCI, format 2_3 having a transmission power control, TPC, field corresponding to the NZP port.
[0180] Example 18 may be combined with the method of Example 16 or 17, further including: performing a power adjustment such that: the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE, or a maximum transmission power for the uplink channel is satisfied.
[0181] Example 19 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 16-18, further including triggering a power headroom report, PHR, procedure upon detecting at least one of: expiry of a PHR prohibit timer, a pathloss change for the NZP port satisfying a fifth threshold, a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss change for a plurality of NZP ports for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a sixth threshold, a pathloss for the NZP port for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a seventh threshold, or a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss for the plurality of NZP ports for the pathloss reference signal satisfying an eighth threshold.
[0182] Example 20 may be combined with the method of Example 19, further including: determining, based on the uplink channel, whether the PHR is an actual PHR or a reference PHR; and transmitting, to the network entity, at least one of: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR, a third power headroom, PH, for at least one NZP port for an actual transmission or a reference transmission, a fourth PH across a plurality of NZP ports for the actual transmission or the reference transmission, a third maximum transmission power for the at least one NZP port, or a fourth maximum transmission power for the plurality of NZP ports for the actual transmission or the reference transmission.
[0183] Example 21 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is transmission occasion-specific, the method further including: determining a first transmission power for a transmission occasion based on the uplink power control parameter and at least one of: a bandwidth for a transmission occasion, or a bandwidth for one or more NZP ports; and determining a second transmission power for each NZP port based on the first transmission power and at least one of: a bandwidth for each NZP port, a reference number of the NZP ports, an uplink full power mode, or a precoder indicated by the network entity.
[0184] Example 22 may be combined with the method of Example 21, further including determining the bandwidth for the transmission occasion as at least one of: a minimum of bandwidths of the NZP ports, a maximum of the bandwidths of the NZP ports, a total of the bandwidths of the NZP ports, or an average of the bandwidths of the NZP ports.
[0185] Example 23 may be combined with the method of Example 21 or 22, further including scaling the transmission power for the transmission occasion based on a scaling factor, the scaling factor being determined based on at least one of: an uplink full power mode, a precoder, a reference number of NZP ports, or an indication from the network entity.
[0186] Example 24 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 21-23, further including: adjusting the transmission power for an NZP port such that the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE.
[0187] Example 25 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 21-24, further including: triggering a power headroom report, PHR, procedure upon detecting at least one of: expiry of a PHR prohibit timer, a pathloss change for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a ninth threshold, or a pathloss for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a tenth threshold.
[0188] Example 26 may be combined with the method of Example 25, further including: determining, based on the uplink channel, whether the PHR is an actual PHR or a reference PHR; and transmitting, to the network entity, at least one of: an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR, a power headroom, PH, for an actual transmission or a reference transmission, or a maximum transmission power for the actual transmission or the reference transmission.
[0189] Example 27 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is associated with a scheduling restriction, the method further including: receiving, from the network entity, a configuration of the subband precoder for the uplink channel based on at least one of: a plurality of subband precoders for one or more precoder resource block groups, PRGs, for a transmission occasion from a same non-zero power, NZP, port, a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs for a transmission occasion from a same precoder group with a common scaling factor, an uplink full power mode based on a fixed scaling factor, a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on orthogonal NZP ports, or a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on a same bandwidth for each NZP port.
[0190] Example 28 may be combined with the method of Example 27, further including: performing a power split for each NZP port such that one or more resource elements, RE, across one or more antenna ports have a same transmission power.
[0191] Example 29 is a method of wireless communication at a network entity, including: transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel; and receiving, from the UE on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.
[0192] Example 30 may be combined with the method of Example 29, wherein the uplink power control parameter is associated with at least one of: a precoder resource block group-specific, PRG-specific, parameter, a port-specific parameter, a transmission occasion-specific parameter, or a scheduling restriction parameter.
[0193] Example 31 may be combined with the method of Example 29 or 30, further including: receiving, from the UE, a UE capability message indicating at least one of: a supported channel for subband precoder configuration or indication, a supported number of ports for the uplink channel with subband precoder configuration or indication, a supported precoder type for subband precoder configuration or indication, whether the UE supports different bandwidths for different non-zero power, NZP, ports, whether the UE supports orthogonal NZP ports for different precoder resource block groups, PRG, or whether the UE supports non-orthogonal NZP ports for different PRGs.
[0194] Example 32 may be combined with the method of any of Examples 29-31, wherein the configuration is included in a first control signal and further configures a subband precoder for the resource for the uplink channel, and wherein the method further includes: transmitting, to the UE, a second control signal indicating or updating at least one of: the subband precoder, the subband information, or the uplink power control parameter.
[0195] Example 33 may be combined with the method of any one of the preceding any of Examples, wherein the uplink channel includes at least one of: a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, or a sounding reference signal, SRS, channel.
[0196] Example 34 may be combined with the method of any one of the preceding any of Examples, wherein the configuration further configures the subband precoder for the resource.
[0197] Example 35 may be combined with the method of any one of the preceding any of Examples, wherein the subband information includes at least one of: a number of PRGs, or a number of resource blocks, RBs, per PRG.
[0198] Example 36 may be combined with the method of any one of the preceding any of Examples, wherein the configuration includes at least one of: a radio resource control, RRC, message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) , a MAC protocol data unit, PDU, or downlink control information, DCI.
[0199] Example 37 is an apparatus for wireless communication including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of Examples 1-36.
[0200] Example 38 is a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement a method as in any of Examples 1-36.
[0201] Example 39 is a computer program product for implementing a method as in any of Examples 1-36.
Claims
1.A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, (102) , comprising:receiving (304) , from a network entity (104) , a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel; andtransmitting (308) , to the network entity (104) on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.2.The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting (302) , to the network entity (104) , a UE capability message indicating at least one of:a supported channel for subband precoder configuration or indication,a supported number of ports for the uplink channel with subband precoder configuration or indication,a supported precoder type for subband precoder configuration or indication,whether the UE supports different bandwidths for different non-zero power, NZP, ports,whether the UE supports orthogonal NZP ports for different precoder resource block groups, PRGs, orwhether the UE supports non-orthogonal NZP ports for different PRGs.3.The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the configuration is included in a first control signal and further configures a subband precoder for the resource for the uplink channel, and wherein the method further comprises:receiving (306) , from the network entity (104) , a second control signal indicating or updating at least one of:the subband precoder,the subband information, orthe uplink power control parameter.4.The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is precoder resource block group-specific, PRG-specific, the method further comprising at least one of:determining (602) a transmission power for a PRG;determining (604) a scaled power for the PRG based on at least one of: the transmission power for the PRG, a number of non-zero power, NZP, ports for the PRG, or a number of antenna ports; ordetermining (606) a transmission power for each NZP port based on the scaled power.5.The method of claim 4, wherein the determining (602) the transmission power for the PRG is based on a total transmission power across a plurality of PRGs, a bandwidth for the plurality of PRGs, and a bandwidth of the uplink channel.6.The method of any of claims 4-5, wherein the determining (604) the scaled power for the PRG comprises: determining a scaling factor for the PRG based on an uplink full power mode supported by the UE (102) , the method further comprising:reporting, to the network entity (104) , at least one of the uplink full power mode or a transmission precoder matrix indicator, TPMI.7.The method of any of claims 4-6, further comprising: performing (608) a power adjustment such that the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE.8.The method of any of claims 4-7, further comprising: triggering a power headroom report, PHR, procedure upon detecting at least one of:expiry of a PHR prohibit timer,a pathloss change for a PRG or a whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a first threshold,a minimum, maximum, or average pathloss change for a plurality of PRGs or for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a second threshold,a pathloss for the PRG or the whole bandwidth for a pathloss reference signal satisfying a third threshold, ora minimum, maximum, or average pathloss for the plurality of PRGs for the pathloss reference signal satisfying a fourth threshold.9.The method of any of claims 4-8, further comprising:determining, based on the uplink channel, whether the PHR is an actual PHR or a reference PHR; andtransmitting, to the network entity (104) , at least one of:an indication of whether the PHR is the actual PHR or the reference PHR,a first power headroom, PH, for at least one PRG for an actual transmission or a reference transmission,a second PH across a plurality of PRGs for the actual transmission or the reference transmission,a first maximum transmission power for the at least one PRG, ora second maximum transmission power for the plurality of PRGs for the actual transmission or the reference transmission.10.The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is port-specific, the method further comprising determining (802) a transmission power for each NZP port.11.The method of claim 10, further comprising: performing (804) a power adjustment such that:the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE, ora maximum transmission power for the uplink channel is satisfied.12.The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is transmission occasion-specific, the method further comprising:determining (1002) a first transmission power for a transmission occasion based on the uplink power control parameter and at least one of: a bandwidth for a transmission occasion, or a bandwidth for one or more NZP ports; anddetermining (1004) a second transmission power for each NZP port based on the first transmission power and at least one of: a bandwidth for each NZP port, a reference number of the NZP ports, an uplink full power mode, or a precoder indicated by the network entity (104) .13.The method of claim 12, further comprising determining the bandwidth for the transmission occasion as at least one of:a minimum of bandwidths of the NZP ports,a maximum of the bandwidths of the NZP ports,a total of the bandwidths of the NZP ports, oran average of the bandwidths of the NZP ports.14.The method of claim 12 or 13, further comprising scaling the transmission power for the transmission occasion based on a scaling factor, the scaling factor being determined based on at least one of: an uplink full power mode, a precoder, a reference number of NZP ports, or an indication from the network entity (104) .15.The method of any of claims 12-14, further comprising: adjusting the transmission power for an NZP port such that the NZP ports have a same energy per resource element, EPRE.16.The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the uplink power control parameter is associated with a scheduling restriction, the method further comprising: receiving, from the network entity (104) , a configuration of the subband precoder for the uplink channel based on at least one of:a plurality of subband precoders for one or more precoder resource block groups, PRGs, for a transmission occasion from a same non-zero power, NZP, port,a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs for a transmission occasion from a same precoder group with a common scaling factor,an uplink full power mode based on a fixed scaling factor,a plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on orthogonal NZP ports, ora plurality of subband precoders for the one or more PRGs based on a same bandwidth for each NZP port.17.The method of claim 16, further comprising: performing a power split for each NZP port such that one or more resource elements, RE, across one or more antenna ports have a same transmission power.18.A method of wireless communication at a network entity (104) , comprising:transmitting (304) , to a user equipment, UE, (102) , a configuration for subband information and an uplink power control parameter associated with a resource for an uplink channel; andreceiving (308) , from the UE (102) on the uplink channel, an uplink signal based on a subband precoder associated with the subband information and a transmission power determined based on the uplink power control parameter.19.The method of claim 18, wherein the uplink power control parameter is associated with at least one of:a precoder resource block group-specific, PRG-specific, parameter,a port-specific parameter,a transmission occasion-specific parameter, ora scheduling restriction parameter.20.An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-19.