Uplink Power Stability via Pathloss Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing method for determining the transmit power of an uplink signal in terminal devices is unstable, leading to inconsistent signal transmission.

Innovation Solution

A power adjustment method that involves receiving a MAC CE to update the pathloss estimation reference signal, determining a pathloss estimation value within a specific time frame, and using this value to determine the transmit power of the uplink signal, ensuring stability and accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the terminal device determines transmit power based on pathloss estimation reference signal, then the uplink signal can be transmitted, but the transmit power is unstable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of transmit powerVSAvoidaccuracy of pathloss estimation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing higher-layer filtering on the receive power of the pathloss estimation reference signal before using it to determine transmit power. The terminal device filters the reference signal received power (RSRP) multiple times to obtain a stable pathloss estimation value, ensuring that the filtering is completed before the transmit power determination. This preliminary filtering action resolves the contradiction by preparing accurate and stable pathloss estimation in advance, which then enables reliable and stable transmit power determination without instability issues.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If filtering is performed multiple times on receive power, then stability and accuracy improve, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of pathloss estimationVSAvoidtime for power determination
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs the filtering operation in advance as a preliminary action before the transmit power determination is needed. By filtering the reference signal received power multiple times beforehand to obtain a stable pathloss estimation value, the system prepares the necessary accurate data in advance. This eliminates the need to perform time-consuming multiple filtering operations at the moment when transmit power determination is required, thus resolving the contradiction between achieving high measurement precision through multiple filtering operations and minimizing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If the effective time of pathloss estimation value is delayed, then filtering can be performed sufficiently, but transmit power determination is delayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of pathloss estimationVSAvoidspeed of power adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by performing the filtering operation as a preliminary action in advance, before the effective time when transmit power determination is needed. The terminal device filters the reference signal received power multiple times beforehand to obtain a stable pathloss estimation value, ensuring that the filtering is completed prior to the moment when the pathloss estimation value becomes effective for transmit power determination. This timing arrangement allows sufficient filtering to be performed without delaying the actual transmit power determination, thus resolving the contradiction between achieving accurate pathloss estimation and maintaining fast power adjustment speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250150981A1Power adjustment method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.05.08 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A power adjustment method and an apparatus are provided, to improve stability of transmit power of an uplink signal, so that the uplink signal can be effectively transmitted. The method includes: receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE), wherein the MAC CE is used to update a pathloss reference signal; applying the pathloss reference signal no later than n+X+T, n is a time for sending feedback information, the feedback information is used to feed back that the MAC CE is correctly received, X is fixed duration, and T is variable duration; and determining a transmit power of an uplink signal based on the pathloss reference signal. It can be learned that the effective time of the pathloss estimation value is not later than n+X+T.