Method and apparatus for

performing power headroom report

in wireless communication system
Jul 21, 2020 - Samsung Electronics
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G)
communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-
Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are
provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the
5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart
home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital
education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses
a method for a terminal to generate all entry information of multiple power
headroom reports (PHRs) as virtual PHs regardless of whether the terminal
transmits an uplink to a serving cell in a wireless communication system
supporting uplink carrier aggregation.

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Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This application is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of a
Korean patent application number 10-2019-0091600, filed on Jul. 29, 2019, in
the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated
by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND1. Field
The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for performing a power
headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system. More
particularly, the disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for a terminal
to transmit all entry information of multiple power headroom reports (PHRs) as
virtual PHs in a wireless communication system.
2. Description of Related Art
To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased since
deployment of 4th generation (4G) communication systems, efforts have been
made to develop an improved 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication
system. Therefore, the 5G or pre-5G communication system is also called a
‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a ‘Post long term evolution (LTE) System’. The 5G
communication system is considered to be implemented in higher frequency
(millimeter (mm) Wave) bands, e.g., 60 gigahertz (GHz) bands, so as to
accomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radio
waves and increase the transmission distance, the beamforming, massive
multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO),
array antenna, an analog beam forming, large scale antenna techniques are
discussed in 5G communication systems. In addition, in 5G communication
systems, development for system network improvement is under way based
on advanced small cells, cloud radio access networks (RANs), ultra-dense
networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, moving
network, cooperative communication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP),
reception-end interference cancellation and the like. In the 5G system, hybrid
frequency shift keying (FSK) and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
modulation (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) as an
advanced coding modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-
orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access
(SCMA) as an advanced access technology have been developed.
Meanwhile, the Internet, which is a human centered connectivity network
where humans generate and consume information, is now evolving to the
Internet of things (IoT) where distributed entities, such as things, exchange
and process information without human intervention. The Internet of
everything (IoE), which is a combination of the IoT technology and the big
data processing technology through connection with a cloud server, has
emerged. As technology elements, such as “sensing technology”,
“wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure”, “service interface
technology”, and “Security technology” have been demanded for IoT
implementation, a sensor network, a machine-to-machine (M2M)
communication, machine type communication (MTC), and so forth have been
recently researched. Such an IoT environment may provide intelligent Internet
technology services that create a new value to human life by collecting and
analyzing data generated among connected things. IoT may be applied to a
variety of fields including smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or
connected cars, smart grid, health care, smart appliances and advanced
medical services through convergence and combination between existing
information technology (IT) and various industrial applications.
In line with this, various attempts have been made to apply 5G communication
systems to IoT networks. For example, technologies such as a sensor
network, machine type communication (MTC), and machine-to-machine
(M2M) communication may be implemented by beamforming, MIMO, and
array antennas. Application of a cloud radio access network (cloud RAN) as
the above-described big data processing technology may also be considered
to be as an example of convergence between the 5G technology and the IoT
technology.
In an LTE system or the next generation mobile communication system, a
transmission power amount available to a terminal is called power headroom
(PH), and the PH is defined as a difference between the maximum
transmission power PCMAX and a terminal transmission power being
currently used. If a specific condition is satisfied, the terminal reports the PH
to a base station, and this is called a power headroom report (PHR).
In particular, in case of supporting double connectivity (DC) between multiple
radio access technologies (RATs) or uplink (UL) carrier aggregation (CA), in
order for a base station to optimize an uplink service area, it is necessary to
configure scheduling with multiple power headroom reports (PHRs), and in
case of using the multiple PHRs, it is necessary to exchange scheduling
information between base stations depending on whether an actual data
channel or a control channel is transmitted for a power control of the terminal.
The above information is presented as background information only to assist
with an understanding of the disclosure. No determination has been made,
and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable
as prior art with regard to the disclosure.
SUMMARY
Aspects of the disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned
problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages
described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosure is to provide a
method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving all entry information
of multiple PHRs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells by generating
the all entry information as virtual PHs in a wireless communication system
supporting multiple RAT DC or uplink CA.
Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method for multiple PHR
reports can perform effective scheduling, such as uplink power control and
allocated resource size adjustment, without exchanging scheduling
information between base stations by transmitting virtual multiple PHR media
access control (MAC) control element (CE) formats in which all entry
information of multiple PHRs is generated as virtual PHs regardless of actual
transmission/non-transmission of a terminal.
Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method and an apparatus for
transmitting all entry information of multiple power headroom reports (PHRs)
as virtual PHs regardless of actual transmission/non-transmission of a
terminal in a wireless communication system.
Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and,
in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of
the presented embodiments.
In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method by a terminal for a
multi power headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system
supporting uplink carrier aggregation is provided. The method includes
receiving, from a base station, PHR configuration information including multi
PHR type information, determining an indicator indicating whether a
predefined transmission format is used in case of generating power headroom
(PH) information on each of a plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR
type information, generating multi PH information on the plurality of serving
cells based on the indicator, and transmitting the multi PH information to the
base station, wherein the multi PHR type information is information indicating
a first type multi MAC CE format or a second type multi MAC CE format.
In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method by a base
station for receiving multi power headroom (PH) information in a wireless
communication system supporting uplink carrier aggregation is provided. The
method includes transmitting, to a terminal, PHR configuration information
including multi PHR type information, receiving, from the terminal, the multi
PH information corresponding to a plurality of serving cells, and performing
uplink scheduling based on the received multi PH information, wherein the
multi PHR type information is information indicating a first type multi MAC CE
format or a second type multi MAC CE format, an indicator indicating whether
a predefined transmission format is used is determined in case that the
terminal generates the power headroom (PH) information on each of the
plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR type information, and the
multi PH information is generated based on the determined indicator.
In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a multi power headroom
report (PHR) device in a wireless communication system supporting uplink
carrier aggregation is provided. The PHR device includes a transceiver
configured to communicate with a base station, and a controller connected to
the transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver
to receive, from the base station, PHR configuration information including
multi PHR type information, determine an indicator indicating whether a
predefined transmission format is used in case of generating power headroom
(PH) information on each of a plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR
type information, generate multi PH information on the plurality of serving cells
based on the indicator, and control the transceiver to transmit the multi PH
information to the base station, and wherein the multi PHR type information is
information indicating a first type multi MAC CE format or a second type multi
MAC CE format.
In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus for
receiving multi power headroom (PH) information in a wireless communication
system supporting uplink carrier aggregation is provided. The apparatus
includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a terminal, and a
controller connected to the transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to
control the transceiver to transmit, to a terminal, PHR configuration
information including multi PHR type information and to receive, from the
terminal, the multi PH information corresponding to a plurality of serving cells,
and control to perform uplink scheduling based on the received multi PH
information, and wherein the multi PHR type information is information
indicating a first type multi MAC CE format or a second type multi MAC CE
format, an indicator indicating whether a predefined transmission format is
used is determined in case that the terminal generates the power headroom
(PH) information on each of the plurality of serving cells based on the multi
PHR type information, and the multi PH information is generated based on the
determined indicator.
The method for the virtual multiple PHRs according to the disclosure does not
require the scheduling information exchange between the base stations and
thus can implement the scheduling operation including the terminal power
control and resource allocation more easily by generating all entry information
of multiple PHRs as virtual PHs and transmitting the virtual type multi PHR
information regardless of the actual transmission/non-transmission of the
terminal.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become
apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description,
which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various
embodiments of the disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other aspects, features and advantages of certain
embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following
description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a next generation mobile
communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a radio protocol structure of a next generation
mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a concept of carrier aggregation in a terminal
according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a diagram explaining a concept of multiple connections in an LTE
and an NR according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an uplink transmission method in accordance
with configuration and uplink kinds according to an embodiment of the
disclosure;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a message transmission method between a terminal
and a base station for multiple PHRs according to an embodiment of the
disclosure;
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU)
for power reports according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a first type multi PHR MAC CE format
according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a second type multi PHR MAC CE format
according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method by a terminal for transmitting multiple PH
information to a base station based on multiple PHR type information
according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method by a terminal for transmitting multiple PH
information based on a first type multi PHR MAC CE format and a second
type multi PHR MAC CE format according to an embodiment of the
disclosure;
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method by a base station for receiving multiple PH
information according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a terminal
according to an embodiment of the disclosure; and
FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a base
station according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are
used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is
provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of various embodiments
of the disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes
various specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be
regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art
will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various
embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope
and spirit of the disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions
and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not
limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to
enable a clear and consistent understanding of the disclosure. Accordingly, it
should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of
various embodiments of the disclosure is provided for illustration purpose only
and not for the purpose of limiting the disclosure as defined by the appended
claims and their equivalents.
It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural
referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example,
reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such
surfaces.
Hereinafter, an operation principle of the disclosure is described in detail with
reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the disclosure, a
detailed description of a related known function or configuration will be
omitted if it is deemed to make the gist of the disclosure unnecessarily vague.
Furthermore, terms to be described hereunder have been defined by taking
into consideration functions in the disclosure, and may be different depending
on a user, an operator's intention or practice. Accordingly, each term should
be defined based on contents over the entire specification.
Hereinafter, in describing the disclosure, a detailed description of a related
known function or configuration will be omitted if it is deemed to make the gist
of the disclosure unnecessarily vague. Hereinafter, embodiments of the
disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, terms being used in the description will be defined.
Specific terms being used in the following description are provided to help
understanding of the disclosure, and the usage of such specific terms may be
changed to other types within a range that does not deviate from the technical
idea of the disclosure.
In the following description, a term to identify an access node, a term to
denote network entities, a term to denote messages, a term to denote an
interface between network entities, and a term to denote a variety of types of
identity information have been exemplified for convenience in explanation.
Accordingly, the disclosure is not limited to the following terms, and other
terms to denote targets having equivalent technical meanings may be used.
For convenience in explanation, in the disclosure, terms and names defined in
the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR) standards of the 3rd
Generation Partnership Project (hereinafter, referred to as “3GPP”) are used.
However, the disclosure is not restricted by the terms and names, and it may
be equally applied to systems complying with other standards.
In the description, a base station means a terminal node of a network, which
directly performs communication with a terminal. According to circumstances,
a specific operation described to be performed by the base station may be
performed by an upper node of the base station. That is, in the network
composed of a plurality of network nodes including the base station, it is
apparent that various operations being performed for communication with the
terminal may be performed by the base station or other network nodes
excluding the base station. The base station (BS) may be replaced by terms
“fixed station, Node B, evolved-NodeB (eNB), base transceiver system (BTS),
and access point (AP).” Further, the terminal may be fixed or may have
mobility, and may be replaced by terms “user equipment (UE), mobile station
(MS), user terminal (UT), mobile subscriber station (MSS), subscriber station
(SS), advanced mobile station (AMS), wireless terminal (WT), machine-type
communication (MTC) device, machine-to-machine (M2M) device, and
device-to-device (D2D) device.”
Hereinafter, a downlink (DL) means communication from a base station to a
terminal, and an uplink (UL) means communication from a terminal to a base
station. In the downlink a transmitter may be a part of the base station, and a
receiver may be a part of the terminal. In the uplink, a transmitter may be a
part of the terminal, and a receiver may be a part of the base station.
Specific terms being used in the following description are provided to help
understanding of the disclosure, and the usage of such specific terms may be
changed to other types within a range that does not deviate from the technical
idea of the disclosure.
Embodiments of the disclosure may be supported by standard documents
disclosed in at least one of IEEE 802, 3GPP, and 3GPP2, which are radio
access systems. That is, in embodiments of the disclosure, operations or
parts, which have not been explained to clearly reveal the technical ideas of
the disclosure, may be supported by the above-described documents.
Further, all terms disclosed in the description may be explained by the above-
described standard document.
In order to clarify the explanation, a 3GPP 5th generation (5G) system will be
mainly described, but the technical features of the disclosure are not limited
thereto.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a next generation mobile
communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 1, as illustrated, a radio access network of a next generation
mobile communication system (hereinafter, NR or 5G) is composed of a new
radio node B (hereinafter, NR gNB or NR base station) 110 and a new radio
core network (NR CN) 105. A new radio user equipment (hereinafter, NR UE
or terminal) 115 accesses an external network through the NR gNB 110 and
the NR CN 105.
Referring to FIG. 1, the NR gNB 110 corresponds to an evolved node B (eNB)
of the existing LTE system. The NR gNB is connected to the NR UE 115 on a
radio channel, and thus it can provide a more superior service than the
service of the existing node B. Because all user traffics are serviced on
shared channels in the next generation mobile communication system, a
device that performs scheduling through consolidation of status information,
such as a buffer state, an available transmission power state, and a channel
state of each UE, is necessary, and the NR gNB 110 takes charge of this.
One NR gNB generally controls a plurality of cells. At present, in order to
implement ultrahigh-speed data transmission as compared with the LTE, the
NR gNB may have the existing maximum bandwidth or more, and a
beamforming technology may be additionally grafted in consideration of
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (hereinafter referred to as “OFDM”)
as a radio access technology. Further, an adaptive modulation & coding
(hereinafter referred to as “AMC”) scheme determining a modulation scheme
and a channel coding rate is applied to match the channel state of the UE.
The NR CN 105 performs functions of mobility support, bearer configuration,
and QoS configuration. The NR CN is a device taking charge of not only
terminal mobility management but also various kinds of control functions, and
is connected to a plurality of base stations.
Further, the next generation mobile communication system may also interlock
with the existing LTE system, and the NR CN is connected to an
MME 125 through a network interface. The MME is connected to an
eNB 130 that is the existing base station. That is, the terminal supporting LTE-
NR dual connectivity may transmit and receive data while maintaining a
connection to not only the gNB but also the eNB. This will be described in
detail with reference to FIG. 4.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a radio protocol structure of a next generation
mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 2, in a terminal or an NR base station, a radio protocol of a
next generation mobile communication system is composed of a new radio
packet data convergence protocol (NR PDCP) 205 or 240, a new radio radio
link control (NR RLC) 210 or 235, and a new radio media access control (NR
MAC) 215 or 230. The main functions of the NR PDCP 205 or 240 may
include parts of the following functions.

 Header compression and decompression: robust header
compression (ROHC) only
 Transfer of user data
  In-sequence delivery of upper layer protocol data units (PDUs)
 PDCP PDU reordering for reception
 Duplicate detection of lower layer service data units (SDUs)
 Retransmission of PDCP SDUs
 Ciphering and deciphering
 Timer-based SDU discard in an uplink
As described above, the reordering of the NR PDCP device may mean a
function of reordering the PDCP PDUs received from the lower layer in order
based on a PDCP sequence number (SN), and may include a function of
transferring data to the upper layer in the order of reordering. Further, the
reordering function of the NR PDCP device may include a function of
recording lost PDCP PDUs through the reordering, a function of reporting the
state of the lost PDCP PDUs to a transmission side, and a function of
requesting retransmission of the lost PDCP PDUs.
The main functions of the NR RLC 210 or 235 may include parts of the
following functions.

 Transfer of upper layer PDUs
 In-sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs
 Out-of-sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs
 Error correction through automatic repeat request (ARQ)
 Concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs
 Re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs
 Reordering of RLC data PDUs
 Duplicate detection
 Protocol error detection
 RLC SDU discard
 RLC reestablishment
As described above, the in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC device may
mean in-sequence delivery of RLC SDUs received from a lower layer to an
upper layer, and in case that one original RLC SDU is segmented into several
RLC SDUs to be received, the in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC device
may include reassembly and delivery of the RLC SDUs. Further, the in-
sequence delivery of the NR RLC device may include reordering of the
received RLC PDUs based on an RLC sequence number (SN) or a PDCP
sequence number (SN), and recording of lost RLC PDUs through reordering.
Further, the in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC device may include status
report for the lost RLC PDUs to a transmission side, retransmission request
for the lost RLC PDUs, and in-sequence delivery of only RLC SDUs just
before the lost RLC SDU to an upper layer if there is the lost RLC SDU.
Further, the in-sequence delivery of the NR RLC device may include in-
sequence delivery of all RLC SDUs received before a specific timer starts its
operation to an upper layer if the timer has expired although there is the lost
RLC SDU, and in-sequence delivery of all RLC SDUs received up to now to
an upper layer if the specific timer has expired although there is the lost RLC
SDU. Further, the NR RLC device may process the RLC PDUs in the order of
their receptions (regardless of the order of sequence numbers, that is, in the
order of their arrivals), and may transfer the processed RLC PDUs to the
PDCP device in an out-of-sequence delivery manner. In case of segments,
the NR RLC device may receive the segments stored in a buffer or to be
received later, reconfigure them as one complete RLC PDU, and then process
and transfer the reconfigured RLC PDU to the PDCP device. The NR RLC
layer may not include a concatenation function, and the function may be
performed by an NR MAC layer or may be replaced by a multiplexing function
of the NR MAC layer.
As described above, the out-of-sequence delivery of the NR RLC device may
mean a function of transferring the RLC SDUs received from the lower layer
directly to the upper layer regardless of their orders. If one original RLC SDU
is segmented into several RLC SDUs to be received, the out-of-sequence
delivery of the NR RLC device may include reassembly and delivery of the
RLC SDUs, and functions of storing and ordering RLC SNs or PDCP SNs of
the received RLC PDUs and recording of the lost RLC PDUs.
The NR MAC 215 or 230 may be connected to several NR RLC layer devices
configured in one terminal, and the main functions of the NR MAC may
include parts of the following functions.

 Mapping between logical channels and transport channels
 Multiplexing/demultiplexing of MAC SDUs
 Scheduling information reporting
 Error correction through hybrid ARQ (HARQ)
 Priority handling between logical channels of one UE
 Priority handling between UEs by means of dynamic scheduling
 multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) service
identification
  Transport format selection
 Padding
The new radio physical (NR PHY) layer 220 or 225 may perform channel
coding and modulation of upper layer data to produce and transmit OFDM
symbols on a radio channel, or may perform demodulation and channel
decoding of the OFDM symbols received on the radio channel to transfer the
demodulated and channel-decoded OFDM symbols to the upper layer.
Meanwhile, the PHY layer may be composed of one or a plurality of
frequencies/carriers, and a technology enabling one base station to
simultaneously configure and use a plurality of frequencies is called carrier
aggregation (hereinafter referred to as “CA”). The CA technology can
dramatically increase the transmission amount as high as the number of
secondary carriers by additionally using one primary carrier and one or a
plurality of secondary carriers rather than using only one carrier for
communication between a terminal (or user equipment (UE) and a base
station (E-UTRAN NodeB (eNB)). Meanwhile, in LTE and NR systems, a cell
that uses a primary carrier in the base station is called a primary cell (PCell),
and a cell that uses a secondary carrier is called a secondary cell (SCell). A
technology to extend the above-described CA function to two base stations is
called dual connectivity (hereinafter referred to as “DC”). In the DC
technology, a terminal simultaneously connects to and uses a master base
station (master E-UTRAN NodeB (hereinafter referred to as “MeNB)) and a
secondary base station (secondary E-UTRAN NodeB (hereinafter referred to
as “SeNB”)), and cells belonging to the master base station are called a
master cell group (hereinafter referred to as “MCG”) and cells belonging to the
secondary base station are called a secondary cell group (hereinafter referred
to as “SCG”). A representative cell exists in each cell group, and a
representative cell of the master cell group is called a primary cell (hereinafter
referred to as “PCell”) and a representative cell of the secondary cell group is
called a primary secondary cell (hereinafter referred to as “PSCell”). In case of
using the above-described NR, the terminal can simultaneously use the LTE
and the NR by using the LTE technology for the MCG and using the NR for
the SCG.
Meanwhile, in the LTE and NR systems, the terminal performs a power
headroom report (PHR) with respect to the base station in accordance with a
specific condition. The power headroom information means a difference
between the maximum transmission power configured to the terminal and the
transmission power estimated by the terminal. The transmission power
estimated by the terminal is calculated based on a value being used in case
that the terminal actually transmits an uplink (in this case, the calculated value
is referred to as a “real value”), but is calculated based on a specific Equation
defined in the standard specification in case that the terminal does not
actually transmit the uplink (in this case, the calculated value is referred to as
a “virtual value”). By reporting the power headroom information, the base
station can determine how much the maximum transmittable power value of
the terminal is. Meanwhile, in the above-described CA situation, the power
headroom information is transmitted for each secondary carrier.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the concept of a carrier aggregation system in
a terminal according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
In a single carrier system, only one carrier is supported for a terminal on an
uplink and a downlink. A carrier may have various bandwidths, but the
terminal is allocated with one carrier.
Referring to FIG. 3, in contrast, in a carrier aggregation (CA) system, a
plurality of component carriers may be allocated to a terminal. A component
carrier (CC) means a carrier being used in the carrier aggregation system,
and may be abbreviated as a carrier.
The carrier aggregation system may be divided into a contiguous carrier
aggregation system in which aggregated carriers are contiguous and a non-
contiguous carrier aggregation system in which the aggregated carriers are
spaced apart from each other. Hereinafter, it should be understood that the
simply called carrier aggregation system includes both cases where the
component carriers are contiguous and non-contiguous.
The system frequency band of a wireless communication system is divided
into a plurality of carrier-frequencies. Here, the carrier frequency means a
center frequency of a cell. Hereinafter, a cell may mean a downlink frequency
resource and an uplink frequency resource. Further, the cell may mean a
combination of a downlink frequency resource and an optional uplink
frequency resource. In general, in case that the carrier aggregation (CA) is not
considered, a pair of uplink and downlink frequency resources always exists
in one cell.
In order to perform packet data transmission and reception through a specific
cell, the terminal should first complete configuration with respect to the
specific cell. Here, the configuration means a state where reception of system
information required for the data transmission and reception with respect to
the corresponding cell is completed. For example, the configuration may
include an overall process of receiving common physical layer parameters
necessary for the data transmission and reception, media access control
(MAC) layer parameters, or parameters necessary for a specific operation in a
radio resource control (RRC) layer. The configuration-completed cell
corresponds to a state where immediate packet transmission and reception
becomes possible if only information indicating that packet data can be
transmitted is received.
A cell in a configuration completed state may exist in an activation or
deactivation state. Here, the activation means that data transmission or
reception is being performed or is in a ready state. The terminal may monitor
or receive a control channel (PDCCH, physical downlink control channel) and
a data channel (PDSCH, physical downlink shared channel) of the activated
cell in order to identify a resource (that may be a frequency or time) allocated
to the terminal itself.
The deactivation means that it is not possible to transmit or receive traffic
data, but measurement or minimum information transmission/reception is
possible. The terminal can receive system information (SI) necessary for
packet reception from a deactivated cell. In contrast, the terminal does not
monitor or receive a control channel (PDCCH) and a data channel (PDSCH)
of the deactivated cell in order to identify a resource (that may be a frequency
or time) allocated to the terminal itself.
That is, as described above, the carrier aggregation (CA) exists. The carrier
aggregation is a technology capable of configuring a broadband by
aggregating a plurality of component carriers (CC) having a narrowband. The
component carrier includes a downlink component carrier and an uplink
component carrier. A cell may be defined as a pair of a downlink component
carrier and an uplink component carrier or a downlink component carrier, and
in this case, it may be understood that the carrier aggregation is aggregation
of a plurality of cells.
The carrier aggregation includes a primary cell in which the terminal
establishes initial connection/reconnection processes with the base station,
and a secondary cell being added in addition to the primary cell.
The cell may be divided into a primary cell (Pcell) 305, a secondary cell (Scell)
(e.g., Scells 310, 315, 320, and 325), and a serving cell.
The primary cell means a cell operating at a primary frequency, and means a
cell in which the terminal performs an initial connection establishment
procedure or a connection reestablishment procedure with the base station, or
a cell indicated as the primary cell in a handover procedure.
The secondary cell means a cell operating at a secondary frequency, and the
secondary cell is configured once the RRC connection is established and is
used to provide an additional radio resource.
In case of a terminal of which the carrier aggregation is not configured or the
carrier aggregation is unable to be provided, the serving cell is composed of a
primary cell. In case that the carrier aggregation is configured, the term
“serving cell” indicates a cell configured to the terminal, and a plurality of
serving cells may be provided. One serving cell may be composed of one
downlink component carrier or a pair of {a downlink component carrier and an
uplink component carrier}. The plurality of serving cells may constitute a set of
one or more of a primary cell and all secondary cells.
A primary component carrier (PCC) means a component carrier (CC)
corresponding to a primary cell. The PCC is a CC on which the terminal
initially makes a connection (or RRC connection) with the base station among
various CCs. The PCC is a special CC which takes charge of a connection (or
RRC connection) for signaling for a plurality of CCs and manages UE context
that is connection information related to the terminal. Further, the PCC exists
always in an activation state in case that it makes a connection with the
terminal and is in an RRC connected mode. A downlink component carrier
corresponding to a primary cell is called a downlink primary component carrier
(DL PCC), and an uplink component carrier corresponding to a primary cell is
called an uplink primary component carrier (UL PCC) 330.
A secondary component carrier (SCC) means a CC corresponding to a
secondary cell. That is, the SCC is a CC allocated to the terminal in addition
to the PCC, and the SCC is an extended carrier for an additional resource
allocation to the terminal in addition to the PCC, and may be divided into an
activation state or a deactivation state. A downlink component carrier
corresponding to a secondary cell is called a DL secondary CC (DL SCC),
and an uplink component carrier corresponding to a secondary cell is called
an UL secondary CC (UL SCC) 335.
The primary cell and the secondary cell have the following features.
First, the primary cell is used to transmit a physical uplink control channel
(PUCCH). Second, the primary cell is always activated, whereas the
secondary cell is a carrier that is activated/deactivated in accordance with a
specific condition. Third, in case that the primary cell experiences a radio link
failure (hereinafter, RLF), RRC reconnection is triggered. Fourth, the primary
cell may be changed by a security key change or handover procedure
accompanied by a random access channel (RACH) procedure. Fifth, non-
access stratum (NAS) information is received through the primary cell. Sixth,
in case of an FDD system, the primary cell is always composed of a pair of a
DL PCC and an UL PCC 330. Seventh, a different component carrier (CC)
may be configured as the primary cell for each terminal Eighth, the primary
cell may be replaced only through a handover or cell selection/cell reselection
procedure. In adding a new secondary cell, the RRC signaling may be used to
transmit system information of a dedicated secondary cell.
As for a component carrier constituting a serving cell, a downlink component
carrier may constitute one serving cell, or a downlink component carrier and
an uplink component carrier may constitute one serving cell through a
connection configuration. However, only one uplink component carrier is
unable to constitute the serving cell.
The activation/deactivation of the component carrier is equal to the concept of
the activation/deactivation of the serving cell. For example, if it is assumed
that serving cell 1 is composed of DL CC1, the activation of the serving cell 1
means the activation of the DL CC1. If it is assumed that serving cell 2 is
composed of DL CC2 and UL CC2 through a connection configuration
thereof, the activation of the serving cell 2 means the activation of the DL CC2
and the UL CC2. Through such a meaning, each of respective component
carriers may correspond to the serving cell.
The number of component carriers aggregated between a downlink and an
uplink may be differently configured. A case where the number of downlink
CCs is equal to the number of uplink CCs corresponds to symmetric
aggregation, and a case where the number of downlink CCs is different from
the number of uplink CCs corresponds to asymmetric aggregation. Further,
sizes (i.e., bandwidths) of the CCs may differ from each other. For example, in
case that 5 CCs are used fir 70 MHz band configuration, they may be
configured as 5 MHz CC (carrier #0)+20 MHz CC (carrier #1)+20 MHz CC
(carrier #2)+20 MHz CC (carrier #3)+5 MHz CC (carrier #4).
As described above, in contrast with the single carrier system, the carrier
aggregation system can support a plurality of component carriers (CCs), that
is, a plurality of serving cells.
Referring to FIG. 3, for a series of specific purposes, a primary CC (PCC) (or
primary cell (P-cell) or an anchor CC (or anchor cell) may be configured
among DL and UL component carriers constituted or configured for a certain
terminal. As an example, the DL PCC (or DL P-cell) may be configured for the
purpose of transmission of constitution or reconstitution information on always
RRC connection configuration, and as another example, the UL PCC (or UL
P-cell) 330 may be configured as the UL CC to transmit a PUCCH for
transmitting uplink control information (UCI) that a certain terminal should
transmit to the uplink.
A specific one of the DL PCC (P-cell) and the UL PCC (P-cell) 330 is basically
configured for each terminal. Further, in a situation where a very large number
of CCs are configured to the terminal or the CCs can be configured from a
plurality of base stations, one or a plurality of DL PCCs (P-cells) and/or UL
PCCs (P-cell) 330 may be configured from one or more base stations to a
certain terminal. First, as a linkage between the DL PCC (P-cell) and the UL
PCC (P-cell) 330, a method may be considered, in which a base station can
UE-specifically configure the linkage optionally.
FIG. 4 is a diagram explaining the concept of multiple connections in an LTE
and an NR according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 4, using dual connectivity (DC) technology, a terminal can
simultaneously connect to and use two base stations, and the drawing
illustrates a case where a terminal 405 simultaneously connects to a macro
base station 400 using an LTE technology and a small cell base
station 410 using an NR technology, and performs data
transmission/reception with the two base stations. This is called E-UTRAN-NR
dual connectivity (EN-DC). The macro base station is called a master E-
UTRAN NodeB (MeNB), and the small cell base station is called a secondary
5G NodeB (SgNB). Several small cells may exist in a service area of the
MeNB, and the MeNB is connected to the SgNBs through a wired backhaul
network 415. A set of serving cells provided from the MeNB is called a master
cell group (MCG) 420, and one serving cell in the MCG should become a
primary cell (PCell) 425 having all functions having been performed by the
existing cell, such as connection establishment, connection reestablishment,
and handover. Further, In the PCell, an uplink control channel includes a
PUCCH. A serving cell excluding the PCell is called a secondary cell
(SCell) 430. FIG. 4 illustrates a scenario in which the MeNB provides one
SCell, and the SgNB provides three S Cells 435. A set of serving cells
provided by the SgNB is called a secondary cell group (SCG) 440. In case
that the terminal transmits and receives data to and from the two base
stations, the MeNB gives orders to the SgNB to add, change, or remove the
serving cells provided by the SgNB. In order to give such orders, the MeNB
may configure the terminal to measure the serving cells and neighboring cells.
In accordance with configuration information, the terminal should report the
measurement result to the MeNB. In order for the SgNB to efficiently
transmit/receive data with respect to the terminal, a serving cell that plays a
similar role to the role of the PCell of the MCG is necessary, and in the
disclosure, this serving cell is called a primary SCell (PSCell). The PSCell is
determined as one of serving cells of the SCG, and is featured to include the
PUCCH that is the uplink control channel. The PUCCH is used for the
terminal to transfer HARQ ACK/NACK information, channel status information
(CSI), and a scheduling request (SR) to the base station.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an uplink transmission method in accordance
with configuration and uplink kinds according to an embodiment of the
disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 5, example 1 schematizes a scenario in which a terminal
performs uplink transmission in accordance with scheduling of a base station
after being configured with two serving cells, that is, PCell 500 and one
SCell 505. In this scenario, the terminal is in a situation where the terminal is
unable to simultaneously transmit the PUCCH and the PUSCH as described
above in one serving cell due to transmission method restrictions and RF
structure restrictions. Accordingly, the terminal may transmit embedded
PUCCH information during the PUSCH transmission.
In this case, the PUCCH information is transmitted to the PCell, and if there is
no PUSCH being transmitted to the PCell, it is transmitted to the SCell having
a low index among the SCells. The PHR message as described above is
transmitted on a part of the PUSCH, and thus, in this scenario, the terminal
should report only a power headroom value obtained by subtracting a
transmission power being consumed for PUSCH
transmission 510 or 520 from the maximum transmission power (PCMAX,c)
for each serving cell. This is called a type 1 power headroom.
In the same manner, example 2 schematizes a scenario in which a terminal
performs uplink transmission in accordance with the scheduling of the base
station after being configured with two serving cells, that is, PCell 525 and one
SCell 530. In this scenario, the terminal is in a situation where the terminal
has capability of simultaneously transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH in
one serving cell, or the terminal transmits the PUCCH and the PUSCH
separately from each other using the uplink transmission technology capable
of performing the simultaneous transmission as described above. In this case,
in case of the Cell (or if the PUCCH can be transmitted to the SCell, the
corresponding SCell is the same), it is necessary for the terminal to report the
power headroom value obtained by subtracting all the corresponding USCH
transmission and the PUCCH transmission value from the maximum
transmission power (PCMAX,c) of the PCell in consideration of not only the
PUSCH transmission 540 but also transmission waves being consumed for
the PUCCH transmission 535. This is called a type 2 power headroom.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a message transmission method between a terminal
and a base station for multiple PHRs according to an embodiment of the
disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 6, at operation S600, the terminal may transmit, to the base
station, information indicating whether to support a virtual multi PHR proposed
in the disclosure.
For example, the information indicating whether to support the virtual multi
PHR may be included in a UECapabilityEnquiry message that the terminal
transmits to the base station. Although not illustrated in the drawing, if the
terminal receives the UECapabilityEnquiry message from the base station, at
operation S600, the terminal may transmit, to the base station, the UE
capability message including UE capability information related to the radio
access capability of the terminal.
The UE capability message according to various embodiments of the
disclosure may include band combination list information that can be
supported by the terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a
multi RAT dual connectivity (MR-DC) or NR CA. For example, the band
combination list information may include a CA-ParametersNR information
element including a carrier aggregation related function being defined as a
combination per band.
Table 1 illustrates an example in which the terminal includes CA-
ParametersNR in the UE capability message that the terminal transmits to the
base station.
As illustrated in the table 1, according to various embodiments of the
disclosure, the CA-ParametersNR information element may include a new
parameter so called virtual-multiplePowerHeadroomReport corresponding to
information indicating whether to support the virtual multi PHR proposed in the
disclosure, and the terminal may notify the base station whether the terminal
can support the virtual multi PHR proposed in the disclosure using the
parameter.
For example, the new parameter may indicate whether the terminal proposed
in the disclosure can support all virtual type PHRs regardless of the actual
transmission. The parameter may be optionally included in the CA-
ParametersNR information element, and the field of the parameter may be
composed of one bit. For example, if the parameter field value is 1, the
terminal can support the method for transmitting all the virtual type PHRs
regardless of the actual transmission, and if the parameter field value does
not exist, the terminal does not support the PHR transmission method
supported in the disclosure.
TABLE 1 -- ASN1START -- TAG-CA-PARAMETERSNR-START CA-
ParametersNR ::= SEQUENCE { multipleTimingAdvances ENUMERATED
{supported} OPTIONAL, virtual-multiplePowerHeadroomReport
ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL, parallelTxSRS-PUCCH-PUSCH
ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL, parallelTxPRACH-SRS-
PUCCH-PUSCH ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL,
simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL,
simultaneousRxTxSUL ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL,
diffNumerologyAcrossPUCCH-Group ENUMERATED
{supported} OPTIONAL, diffNumerologyWithinPUCCH-Group
ENUMERATED {supported} OPTIONAL, supportedNumberTAG
ENUMERATED {n2, n3, n4} OPTIONAL, ... } ... -- TAG-CA-
PARAMETERSNR-STOP -- ASN1STOP
At operation S605, the base station may transmit configuration information
related to dual connectivity or carrier aggregation and PHR configuration
information at operation S605 to the terminal based on the UE capability
message received from the terminal.
For example, the configuration information related to the dual connectivity or
carrier aggregation and the PHR configuration information may be included in
an RRC reconfiguration message to be transmitted to the terminal.
The PHR configuration information (PHR-Config), which is an information
element (IE) being used to configure a parameter for the PHR according to
various embodiments of the disclosure, may include a multiplePHR parameter
and a multiplePHRType parameter in relation to the multiple PHR
transmission.
As illustrated in Table 2, power headroom report (PHR)-Config may include
the multiplePHR parameter and the multiplePHRType parameter in relation to
the multiple PHR transmission.
TABLE 2 PHR-Config ::= SEQUENCE { phr-PeriodicTimer
ENUMERATED {sf10, sf20, sf50, sf100, sf200,sf500, sf1000, infinity},
phr-ProhibitTimer ENUMERATED {sf0, sf10, sf20, sf50, sf100,sf200, sf500,
sf1000}, phr-Tx-PowerFactorChange ENUMERATED {dB1, dB3, dB6,
infinity}, multiplePHR BOOLEAN, multiplePHRType
ENUMERATED {legacy ,virtual} phr-Type2SpCell BOOLEAN, phr-
Type2OtherCell BOOLEAN, phr-ModeOtherCG ENUMERATED {real,
virtual} }
The PHR-Config may include parameters for the PHR report as described in
the table 2, such as related periodicPHR-Timer, prohibitPHR-Timer, and dl-
PathlossChange (phr-Tx-PowerFactorChange).
For example, the periodicPHR-Timer is a timer configured to periodically
report the PHR value to the base station, the prohibitPHR-Timer is a timer
configured to avoid frequent PHR reports, and the dl-PathlossChange(phr-Tx-
PowerFactorChange) value is a threshold value to report the PHR in
accordance with a case where the reception change of the downlink channel
is equal to or larger than the above-described value.
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the multiple PHR
parameter indicates whether the multiple PHRs are used.
For example, the multiple PHR transmission may be configured by the
multiplePHR parameter existing in PHR-Config of 3GPP NR 38.331, and the
multiplePHR parameter may indicate whether to report the power headroom
using a single entry PHR MAC control element defined in TS 38.321 or a multi
entry PHR MAC control element.
For example, if the multiplePHR parameter is true, it means that it is
configured to report the multiple PHR using the multi entry PHR MAC control
element, whereas if the multiplePHR parameter is false, it means that the PH
is reported using the single entry PHR MAC control element. Meanwhile, in
case of the NR and in case of the MR-DC and UL CA, the network configures
the multiplePHR parameter field to true, and in all other cases, it may
configure the field to false.
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the multiplePHRType
parameter may indicate the transmission method of the multiple PHR of the
terminal. For example, if the multiplePHRType is configured to “legacy”, the
terminal may report the multiple PHR as in the existing standard, and if it is
configured to “virtual”, the terminal may transmit the virtual type multi PHR in
which all entry information of the multi PHR is generated as the virtual PH in
all.
That is, if the multiplePHRType is configured to “legacy”, the terminal may use
a first type multi MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 8, whereas if the
multiplePHRType is configured to “virtual”, the terminal may transmit the multi
PHR using a second type multi MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 9.
At operation 610, the terminal may identify a PHR trigger condition based on
the PHR configuration information.
In accordance with the configured parameter, the terminal may determine
whether to trigger the PHR report in accordance with the following conditions
with respect to respective base stations. The following conditions correspond
to PHR trigger conditions described in TS 38.321.

 phr-ProhibitTimer expires or has expired and the path loss has
changed more than phr-Tx-PowerFactorChange dB for at least
one activated Serving Cell of any MAC entity which is used as a
pathloss reference since the last transmission of a PHR in this
MAC entity when the MAC entity has UL resources for new
transmission;
NOTE 1: The path loss variation for one cell assessed above is between the
pathloss measured at present time on the current pathloss reference and the
pathloss measured at the transmission time of the last transmission of PHR
on the pathloss reference in use at that time, irrespective of whether the
pathloss reference has changed in between.

 phr-PeriodicTimer expires;
 upon configuration or reconfiguration of the power headroom
reporting functionality by upper layers, which is not used to
disable the function;
 activation of an SCell of any MAC entity with configured uplink;
 addition of the PSCell (i.e. PSCell is newly added or changed);
 phr-ProhibitTimer expires or has expired, when the MAC entity
has UL resources for new transmission, and the following is true
for any of the activated Serving Cells of any MAC entity with
configured uplink:
  there are UL resources allocated for transmission or there is a
PUCCH transmission on this cell, and the required power
backoff due to power management (as allowed by P-MPRc as
specified in TS 38.101-1 [14], TS 38.101-2 [15], and TS 38.101-
3 [16]) for this cell has changed more than phr-Tx-
PowerFactorChange dB since the last transmission of a PHR
when the MAC entity had UL resources allocated for
transmission or PUCCH transmission on this cell.
NOTE 2: The MAC entity should avoid triggering a PHR when the required
power backoff due to power management decreases only temporarily (e.g. for
up to a few tens of milliseconds) and it should avoid reflecting such temporary
decrease in the values of PCMAX,f,c/PH when a PHR is triggered by other
triggering conditions.

 In case that the downlink reception strength change is equal to
or higher than the value of dl-PathlossChange dB configured by
the base station in a state where the prohibitPHR-Timer expires
 In case that the periodicPHR-Timer configured by the base
station for aperiodic report expires
 In case that the PHR report is initially configured
 In case that the SCell including the uplink is added
 In case that the primary SCell of the secondary base station is
added when the dual connectivity technology is used
At operation 615, the terminal may generate the multi PHR MAC CE.
If the PHR triggering condition occurs in respective base stations in the
wireless communication system supporting the MR-DC or uplink CA, the
terminal may generate the multi PHR MAC CE by calculating the PH with
respect to all the serving cells currently configured and activated of all the
base stations. In this case, the multi entry PHR MAC control element may
have a multi PHR MAC CE format including the PH and additional information
for the plurality of cells.
The multi PHR MAC CE according to various embodiments of the disclosure
may include the first type multi PHR MAC CE and the second type multi PHR
MAC CE.
For example, in case that the multiplePHR included in the PHR information is
true, and the multiplePHRType is legacy, the terminal may generate the first
type multi PHR MAC CE illustrated in FIG. 8 by determining V fields value in
consideration of an actual transmission/non-transmission of the terminal.
Further, in case that the multiplePHR included in the PHR information is true,
and the multiplePHRType is virtual, the terminal may generate the second
type multi PHR MAC CE illustrated in FIG. 9 calculated in all as virtual PHs by
configuring the V field to 1 in all regardless of the actual transmission/non-
transmission of the terminal. This will be described in detail with reference
to FIGS. 8 and 9.
The first type multi PHR MAC CE format is the multi PHR MAC CE format in
the related art for calculating the PH in consideration of the actual
transmission/non-transmission of the terminal, and the second type multi PHR
MAC CE format is the virtual multi PHR MAC CE format calculated in all as
the virtual PHs regardless of the actual transmission/non-transmission of the
terminal proposed in the disclosure.
At operation 620, the terminal may generate a MAC PDU including the multi
PHR MAC CE, and at operation 625, the terminal may transmit the MAC PDU
to the base station.
For example, the terminal may generate the MAC PUD, multiplex the PHR
MAC CE into the MAC PDU, and transmit the MAC PDU to the base station.
Further, the terminal stores a pathloss, PCMAX, P-MPR, and actual
transmission/non-transmission applied when calculating the PH for each
serving cell. For example, the MAC PDU will be described in detail with
reference to FIG. 7.
At operation 630, the base station may perform uplink scheduling based on
the MAC PDU information received from the terminal.
For example, if the PHR MAC CE is received through the MAC PDU, the base
station may determine whether to apply the PH or P-MPR for each serving
cell and whether the change of the PH is caused by the change of the P-MPR,
and in consideration of this, the base station may allocate to uplink
transmission resource to the terminal.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a MAC PDU for power reports
according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 7, the MAC PDU includes at least one MAC control element
(MAC-CE), at least one MAC service data unit (SDU) and padding, and at
least one sub-header attached for each MAC SDU or MAC CE.
The MAC control element is a control message generated by a MAC layer.
The MAC SDU is equal to the RLC PDU transferred on a radio link control
(RLC) layer. The padding is a specific number of bits being added to maintain
the constant size of the MAC PDU.
Referring to FIG. 7, each sub-header includes four fields of R, F, LCID, and L,
and the respective sub-header fields are explained as follows.

 R (1 bit): Reserved field
 LCID (5 bits): This indicates a logical channel ID field, and types
of a logical channel or MAC CE, to which the MAC SDU
belongs.
 F (1 bit): Format field. This indicates whether the next L field is
of 7 bits or 15 bits.
 L (7 or 15 bits): Length field. This indicates the length of the
MAC CE or MAC SDU corresponding to a sub-header.
The F and L fields are not included even in the MAC sub-header
corresponding to the MAC CE of a fixed size.
That is, the LCID field is an identification field for identifying the logical
channel corresponding to the MAC SDU or the type of the MAC control
element or padding.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a first type multi PHR MAC CE format
according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
As described above, if it is required to report a plurality of PHs for aggregated
serving cells in a mobile communication system in which dual connectivity
between multiple RATs or uplink carrier aggregation is supported, that is,
several carriers are aggregated, it is advantageous in reducing an overhead
to gather them in one PHR to be transmitted.
For example, if it is required to report the PH for several serving cells in a
mobile communication system in which the terminal communicates with one
or more cells related to the first base station and one or more cells related to
the second base station, the multiple PHR MAC CE may be generated by
gathering PH information and PCMAX,c information of several cells in one
PHR so as to report them together.
Referring to FIG. 8, in contrast with a general single PHR MAC CE in the
related art, the multiple PHR MAC CE is designed to be able to report the PH
information and PCMAX,c information of several cells together.
C field information in the byte 800 illustrated in FIG. 8 is a bitmap indicating of
what serving cell among aggregated serving cells the PH is included in the
corresponding PHR. Each bit of the bitmap coincides with an SCell index, and
corresponds to one SCell.
That is, in the multiple PHR format, a combination of bits corresponding to
respective SCells is included in a byte 800. The respective bits are used to
indicate of what SCell the PH information is included in the format. In case
that the value of the bit is inscribed as 1, it means that the PH information of
the SCell corresponding to the corresponding bit is included in the PHR
format. After the byte 800, one or more bytes are used to inscribe the PH
information of the Cell and SCell.
With respect to the one serving cell, bytes 820, 830, and 835 including at least
one PH information and bytes 825 and 840 selectively including terminal
transmission power information (PCMAX) are generated. The PH information
is inscribed in the PH field, and the field is composed of 6 bits. In the byte
including the PH, a P field 805 and a V field 810 are included in addition to the
PH field.
The P field 805 is used to indicate whether the terminal transmission power
limited in accordance with the regulations and rules rather than a radio power
control cause exerts an influence on the PH information.
The V field 810 is used to indicate a case where an actual transmission does
not occur and the PH information is generated by substituting a predefined
parameter therefor. If the V field is configured to 1, it means that the
predefined parameter is used, and in this case, the terminal transmission
power information inscribed in another byte will be omitted.
A byte including the terminal transmission power information corresponding to
the information of the PH field follows the byte including the PH field. The byte
includes a Pcmax field for inscribing the terminal transmission power
information, and the field is composed of 6 bits. R 815 that is the remaining
two bits of the byte is a reserved bit that is not used to inscribe certain
information.
In case that a PCell and PH information of one or more SCells are included in
one PHR format, information corresponding to the PCell is first stored, and
then the PH information corresponding to the SCells is stored in an ascending
order of SCell indexes.
For example, the PH information of respective carriers in contiguous bytes is
configured in an ascending order of Type 1 PH 760 and PCMAX 765 of a
PCell, Type X PH 830 of an SCell having the lowest index, Type X
PH 835 and PCMAX 840 of an S Cell having the second lowest index, Type X
PH and PCMAX of an SCell having the third lowest index, and Type X PH and
PCMAX of an SCell having the fourth lowest index.
As described above with reference to FIG. 5, in case of a PCell, a PUCCH
exists, and a PUSCH and PUCCH may be simultaneously transmitted in
accordance with a network and terminal capability. In case that the PUSCH
and the PUCCH are simultaneously used, in order to calculate the PH, it is
required to exclude both the transmission power amount allocated to the
PUSCH and the transmission power amount allocated to the PUCCH from the
maximum transmission power amount of the terminal. In case that the
PUSCH and the PUCCH are simultaneously used, the base station pre-
indicates this to the terminal through the PUCCH configuration.
In order to provide the PH when the PUSCH is singly transmitted, Type 1 PH
is used, and in order to provide the PH when the PUSCH and the PUCCH are
transmitted together, Type 2 PH is used.
Type 1 PH is defined by Pcmax-PPUSCH. Here, the PPUSCH is the power
amount allocated to the PUSCH. Type 2 PH is defined by Pcmax-PPUSCH-
PPUCCH. Here, the PPUCCH is the power amount allocated to the PUCCH.
If simultaneous usage of the PUSCH and the PUCCH is not indicated in the
PUCCH configuration, only Type 1 PH should be used. Otherwise, Type 1 PH
and Type 2 PH are used together.
Type 2 PH is applied to the PCell only, but is not applied to the SCell, in a
carrier aggregation (CA) system. If the simultaneous usage of the PUSCH
and the PUCCH is indicated in the PUCCH configuration, Type 1 PH and
Type 2 PH are included in all as the PH for the PCell. In order to interpret
Type 2 PH, the PH of the PCell is deployed in front in consideration of a fact
that Type 1 PH is necessary. In case of the SCell, if the ul-Configuration is
configured, Type 3 PH is applied, and otherwise, Type 1 PH is applied.
Accordingly, in case of the SCell in the current PHR format, only one PH of
Type 1 PH or Type 3 PH is reported. For example, if the PUSCH is configured
on the configured uplink, Type 1 PH is used, whereas if only the SRS is
configured, Type 3 PH is used. If the PUSCH and the PUCCH are transmitted
together, Type 2 PH is used.
The terminal calculates the power headroom using the following mathematical
expression. The corresponding Equation assumes a time when only the
PUSCH is transmitted.
PH(i)=PCMAX,c(i)−{10 log10(MPUSCH,c(i))+PO_PUSCH,c(j)+αc(j)·PLc+ΔTF,c(i)+ƒc(i)} Equation
1
In serving cell c, PH(i) of the i-th subframe is calculated by the maximum
uplink transmission power PCMAX,c(i), the number of resource blocks MPUSCH,c(i), a
power offset ΔTF,c derived from the aMCS, a pathloss PLc, and accumulated
TPC commands fc(i). In the above-described mathematical expression, PLc is a
pathloss of a cell being configured to provide the pathloss with respect to the
serving cell c. The pathloss being used to determine the uplink transmission
output of a certain serving cell may be a pathloss on a forward channel of the
corresponding cell, or a pathloss on a forward channel of another cell. The
base station selects what pathloss between them is to be used, and notifies
the terminal of this. In the above-described mathematical expression, fc(i) is an
accumulated value of a transmission power control command of the serving
cell c. Further, PO_PUSCH,C is a parameter on a higher layer, and is obtained as a
sum of cell-specific and UE-specific values. In general, PO_PUSCH,C is applied as a
different value in accordance with the kind of physical uplink shared channel
(PUSCH) transmission, such as semi-persistent scheduling, dynamic
scheduling, or random access response. Further, αc is a 3-bit cell-specific
value being provided on a higher layer, and is a weight value (i.e., as this
value becomes higher, the pathloss exerts more influence on the uplink
transmission output) that is applied to the pathloss when the uplink
transmission output is calculated, and its applicable value is limited depending
on the kind of PUSCH transmission. Further, a j value is used to indicate the
kind of the PUSCH. In case of j=0, it indicates semi-persistent scheduling, and
in case of j=1, it indicates dynamic scheduling. In case of j=2, it indicates a
random access response. In the above-described Equation 1, if there is no
PUSCH transmission in a specific serving cell, MPUSCH and ΔTF may not be
applied to the above-described formula in accordance with the definition.
Even if there is not the actual PUSCH transmission, the base station may
trigger the PH to obtain the pathloss information on a specific uplink. If the
PHR is triggered with respect to a specific serving cell, the terminal
determines a PH value calculation method depending on whether the PUSCH
is transmitted. If there is the PUSCH transmission with respect to the
corresponding serving cell, the PH is calculated using the Equation 1 as in the
technology in the related art. In case that there is not the PUSCH
transmission in the corresponding serving cell, it means that there is not an
allocated transmission resource, and because it is not clear what value is to
be used as MPUSCH and ΔTF, a device is necessary, whereby the base station and
the terminal can calculate and interpret the PH using the same MPUSCH and ΔTF.
This can be solved, for example, by determining a transmission format
(transmission resource amount and MCS level) to be used for the PH
calculation in case that the terminal and the base station do not have the
PUSCH transmission. If one RB and the lowest MCS level are assumed as
such a reference transmission format, MPUSCH and ΔTF become 0, respectively,
and this means the same meaning as omission of them from the
mathematical expression 1. That is, because the data transmission is not
performed in the actual corresponding serving cell, PCMAX,c(i) does not exist.
Accordingly, it is necessary to determine what value PCMAX,c(i) is to be
determined. With respect to such a virtual transmission, virtual PCMAX,c(i) is
defined and applied. Further, PCMAX,c(i) may be determined using PEMAX that is the
maximum transmission output allowed in the corresponding cell and
Ppowerclass that is the inherent maximum transmission output of the terminal. For
example, it may be determined as follows.
PCMAX,c=min{PEMAX,Ppowerclass} Equation 2
Here, is determined with a relationship of PCMAX_L≤PCMAX≤PCMAX_H. In this case, if
zero power back-off is considered, PCMAX_L=PCMAX_H is determined and thus
PCMAX=PCMAX_H is determined. In this case, PCMAX_H is a smaller value between
Ppowerclass and PEMAX. Here, PEMAX is the cell-specific maximum allowable
transmission power, and Ppowerclass is the UE-specific maximum allowable
transmission power.
As described above, C field information illustrated in FIG. 8 may be used to
distinguish other base stations transferring PHR information, and a V field
value indicates whether uplink transmission to the corresponding base station
has actually been performed.
For example, if the actual uplink transmission has been performed, the V field
value is configured to 0 (V=0), and otherwise, the V field value is set to 1
(V=1), and the PH calculated on the assumption that RB 1 is transmitted in a
reference transmission format is reflected. In this case, the PH, which is
calculated on the assumption that the V is configured to V=1 and RB 1 is
transmitted in the reference transmission format, is called a virtual PH, and
transmission of the virtual PH means transmission of the PHR in a virtual
type.
The power headroom (PH) information means information on the size of the
power remaining during transmission of the uplink data including the power
headroom report (PHR), and for this, an index value being converted into a
decibel (dB) unit is used.
Accordingly, the base station can be aware of the transmission power of the
terminal through the PH value received from the terminal, and because the
base station can efficiently perform scheduling while controlling the
transmission power of the corresponding terminal, the base station having
received the transmitted multiple PHRs can calculate the transmission power
of the terminal to the respective base stations by analyzing the PH information
of the respective base stations.
However, because the PH information is varied in accordance with the size of
resource being allocates as a relative value, only the original PH information
for simply notifying of what dB the power remains is insufficient, but even
information for notifying of what dB the power remains in case that how many
RBs are transmitted is necessary.
As described above, in order for the PH information to have a meaning, even
information on how many RBs are allocated actually on a certain channel at
the corresponding time is necessary, and thus the base station having
received the transmitted multiple PHRs from the terminal requires additional
information on how many RB resources are allocated or allocation onto a
control channel is performed at the corresponding time from other base
stations for which the V field value is configured to 0 (which has actually
transmitted the uplink data).
That is, according to the first type multi PHR MAC CE format illustrated
in FIG. 8, it is necessary to exchange scheduling information between base
stations depending on whether the base station has actually transmitted the
data channel or control channel for the power control of the terminal when the
base station uses the multiple power headroom reports (PHRs).
Thus, according to the first type multi PHR MAC CE format illustrated in FIG.
8, the base station should exchange scheduling information, such as the RB
size, with all the base stations having received the multiple PHRs for which
the V field is configured to 0, and as the number of supporting CA base
stations is increased, the amount of information exchange between the base
stations is also increased in proportion to this to cause a problem.
In order to solve the above-described problem, an aspect of the disclosure is
to perform effective scheduling, such as uplink power control and allocated
resource size adjustment, without exchanging the scheduling information
between the base stations even if the terminal transmits the multiple PHRs in
the uplink CA environment.
For this, the disclosure proposes a virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in which
all entry information of multiple PHRs is generated as virtual PHs by
generating a plurality of PHs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells
regardless of actual transmission/non-transmission of the terminal, and the
virtual multi PHR MAC CE format may be called the second type multi PHR
MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 9.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a second type multi PHR MAC CE format
according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
The disclosure provides a method in which a terminal transmits all entry
information of multiple power headroom reports (PHRs) for a plurality of
aggregated serving cells as virtual PHs in a wireless communication system
supporting multiple RAT double connectivity or uplink CA.
Referring to FIG. 9, because V fields 910 are all configured to 1 regardless of
an actual transmission/non-transmission of the terminal, the second type multi
PHR MAC CE includes virtual PHs 920, 925, and 930 calculated on the
assumption that RB 1 is transmitted in the reference transmission format.
The first type multi PHR MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 8 requires the
scheduling information exchange between the base stations depending on
actual transmission/non-transmission of a data channel or a control channel
for the power control of the terminal, whereas the second type multi PHR
MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 9 is a virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in
which all entry information of multiple PHRs corresponding to a plurality of
serving cells is generated as virtual PHs in all, and thus it does not require the
scheduling information exchange between the base stations.
According to the disclosure, the terminal transmits the virtual multi PHR MAC
CE format in which all entry information of multiple PHRs is generated as
virtual PHs in a wireless communication system supporting multiple RAT dual
connectivity or uplink CA, and thus an effective scheduling, such as uplink
power control and allocated resource size adjustment, can be performed on
the assumption of 1 RB transmission without exchanging the scheduling
information between the base stations.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method by a terminal for transmitting multiple PH
information to a base station based on multiple PHR type information
according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 10, at operation 1000, the terminal may receive PHR
configuration information including multi PHR type information from the base
station.
For example, the multi PHR type information is information indicating the first
type multi PHR MAC CE format or the second type multi PHR MAC CE
format. The multi PHR type information corresponds to the multiplePHRType
parameter described in Table 1.
At operation 1010, the terminal may determine an indicator indicating whether
a predefined transmission format is used in case of generating the power
headroom (PH) information on each of a plurality of serving cells based on the
multi PHR type information received at operation 1000.
For example, the indicator indicating whether the predefined transmission
format is used corresponds to the V field of the multi PHR MAC CE format,
and is a one-bit indicator corresponding to each of the serving cells.
If the multi PHR type information indicates the usage of the first type multi
PHR MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 8, the terminal may configure the V
field value included in the first type multi PHR MAC CE format based on
whether uplink transmission to the serving cell is performed.
If there is the uplink transmission to the serving cell as described above, the V
field value corresponding to the corresponding serving cell may be configured
to 0, whereas if not, the V field value may be configured to 0.
If the multi PHR type information indicates the second type multi PHR MAC
CE format illustrated in FIG. 9, the terminal may configure the V field value
included in the second type multi PHR MAC CE format to 1 in all without
considering whether the uplink transmission to the serving cell is performed.
At operation 1020, the terminal may generate the multi PH information for a
plurality of serving cells based on the indicator determined at operation 1010.
For example, if the value of the indicator corresponding to each serving cell is
1, the terminal may generate virtual PH information of the serving cell based
on the predefined transmission format, whereas if the value of the indicator is
0, the terminal may generate the PH of the serving cell based on the value
used when actually transmitting the uplink to each serving cell.
In a wireless communication system in which the plurality of serving cells are
aggregated, the terminal may generate the multi PH information on the
plurality of serving cells by including all the PH information determined by the
indicator corresponding to each serving cell. For example, the multi PH
information is information included in the multi PHR MAC CE format illustrated
in FIGS. 8 and 9.
At operation 1030, the terminal may transmit the multi PH information
generated at operation 1020 to the base station.
The generated multi PH information may be transferred using the first type
multi PHR MAC CE format or the second type multi PHR MAC CE format
based on the multi PHR type information.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method by a terminal for transmitting multiple PH
information based on a first type multi PHR MAC CE format and a second
type multi PHR MAC CE format according to an embodiment of the
disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 11, at operation 1100, the terminal receives PHR
configuration information including multi PHR type information from the base
station, and identifies the received multi PHR type information at
operation 1105.
If the multi PHR type information indicates the first type multi MAC CE format
at operation 1105, the terminal may determine whether to transmit an uplink
for each serving cell at operation 1110.
If there is the uplink transmission to the serving cell at operation 1110, the
terminal, at operation 1115, may configure the value of the indicator
corresponding to the serving cell to 1, and may generate the PH for the
serving cell based on the value used when the uplink is actually transmitted.
If there is not the uplink transmission to the serving cell at operation 1110, the
terminal, at operation 1120, may configure the value of the indicator
corresponding to the serving cell to 0, and may generate a virtual PH for the
serving cell based on the predefined transmission format.
At operation 1125, the terminal may generate the multi PH information
including all the PHs for the respective serving cells generated at
operation 1115 or operation 1120. For example, the multi PH information may
be generated in the form of the first type multi PHR MAC CE format.
Meanwhile, if the multi PHR type information indicates the second type multi
MAC CE format at operation 1105, the terminal may configure all values of
the plurality of indicators corresponding to the plurality of serving cells to 1 at
operation 1130, and may generate the virtual multi PH information
corresponding to the plurality of serving cells based on the predefined
transmission format at operation 1135. The virtual multi PH information may
be generated in the form of the second type multi PHR MAC CE format, and
in this case, the multiple PHs are featured to be the virtual PHs in all. The
virtual multi PH information is information included in the virtual multi PHR
MAC CE format, that is, the second type multi PHR MAC CE format illustrated
in FIG. 9, in which all entry information of multiple PHRs corresponding to a
plurality of serving cells is generated as virtual PHs in all.
At operation 1140, the terminal may transmit the multi PH information or the
virtual multi PH information to the base station.
For example, if the multi PHR type information indicates the first type multi
MAC CE format at operation 1105, the terminal, at operation 1140, may
transmit the multi PH information generated at operation 1125 to the base
station using the first type multi MAC CE format.
If the second type multi MAC CE format is indicated at operation 1105, the
terminal, at operation 1140, may transmit the multi PH information generated
at operation 1135 to the base station using the second type multi MAC CE
format.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method by a base station for receiving multiple PH
information according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 12, at operation 1200, the base station may receive
information indicating whether to support the virtual multi PHR from the
terminal.
The information on whether to support the virtual multi PHRs of the terminal
may indicate whether the terminal can transmit the multi PHRs using the
virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in which all entry information of multiple
PHRs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells is generated as virtual PHs
in all regardless of the actual uplink transmission to the plurality of serving
cells.
For example, the information indicating whether to support the virtual multi
PHRs may be received through a terminal capability message that the
terminal transmits to the base station. The information indicating whether to
support the virtual multi PHRs corresponds to the virtual-
multiplePowerHeadroomReport parameter described in Table 2.
At operation 1205, the base station may transmit the PHR configuration
information including the multi PHR type information to the terminal.
For example, the PHR configuration information may be transmitted by an
RRC reconfiguration message together with the configuration information
related to the dual connectivity or carrier aggregation.
The multi PHR type information is information indicating the first type multi
PHR MAC CE format or the second type multi PHR MAC CE format. The
multi PHR type information corresponds to the multiplePHRType parameter
described in Table 1.
At operation 1210, the base station may receive the multi PH information
corresponding to the plurality of serving cells from the terminal.
For example, the multi PH information may be transferred through the first
type multi PHR MAC CE or the second type multi PHR MAC CE generated by
the terminal.
The multi PHR MAC CE format includes the V field corresponding to each
serving cell, and the V field is for the indicator indicating whether to use the
predefined transmission format when generating the PH information
corresponding to the serving cell.
The first type multi PHR MAC CE format includes the V field values
determined based on uplink transmission/non-transmission of the terminal
with respect to the serving cells.
The second type multi PHR MAC CE format may configure the V field values
as predetermined values with respect to the plurality of serving cells
regardless of the uplink transmission/non-transmission of the terminal with
respect to the serving cells. For example, the plurality of V field values
included in the second type multi PHR MAC CE format may be configured to
1 in all, and the multi PH information may be the virtual multi PH information
generated based on the predefined transmission format in all.
At operation 1220, the base station may perform uplink scheduling based on
the multi PH information received from the terminal.
In case that the base station receives the multi PH information through the
first type multi PUR MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 8, it is necessary to
exchange scheduling information between the base stations in accordance
with actual transmission/non-transmission of the data channel or the control
channel for the power control of the terminal.
Meanwhile, in case that the base station receives the multi PH information
through the second type multi PUR MAC CE format illustrated in FIG. 9, that
is, through the virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in which all entry information
of multiple PHRs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells is generated as
virtual PHs in all, it is not necessary to exchange the scheduling information
between the base stations.
According to the disclosure, the terminal transmits the virtual multi PHR MAC
CE format in which all entry information of multiple PHRs is generated as
virtual PHs in a wireless communication system supporting multiple RAT dual
connectivity or uplink CA, and thus an effective scheduling, such as uplink
power control and allocated resource size adjustment, can be performed on
the assumption of 1 RB transmission without exchanging the scheduling
information between the base stations.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of a terminal
according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 13, a terminal 1300 may include a transceiver 1305, a
controller 1310, and a storage 1315. In the disclosure, the
controller 1310 may be defined as a circuit or application-specific integrated
circuit or at least one processor.
The transceiver 1305 transmits and receives signals with another network
entity. The transceiver 1305 may receive, for example, system information
from a base station, and may receive a synchronization signal, a reference
signal, or control information.
The controller 1310 may control the overall operation of the terminal
according to an embodiment proposed in the disclosure. For example, the
controller 1310 may control a signal flow between respective blocks to
perform an operation according to the above-described flowchart.
Specifically, the controller 1310 may control the operation proposed in the
disclosure in order to transmit a virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in which all
entry information of multiple PHRs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells
is generated as virtual PHs regardless of an actual transmission/non-
transmission of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting
multiple RAT DC or uplink CA.
The storage 1315 may store at least one of information being transmitted and
received through the transceiver 1305 and information generated through the
controller 1310. For example, the storage 1315 may store predefined
reference transmission format related information in association with the
virtual multi PHR MAC CE format transmission.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of a base
station according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 14, a terminal 1400 may include a transceiver 1405, a
controller 1410, and a storage 1415. In the disclosure, the
controller 1410 may be defined as a circuit or application-specific integrated
circuit or at least one processor.
The transceiver 1405 transmits and receives signals with another network
entity. The transceiver 1405 may transmit, for example, system information to
a terminal, and may transmit a synchronization signal, a reference signal, or
control information.
The controller 1410 may control the overall operation of the base station
according to an embodiment proposed in the disclosure. For example, the
controller 1410 may control a signal flow between respective blocks to
perform an operation according to the above-described flowchart.
Specifically, the controller 1410 may control the operation proposed in the
disclosure in order to transmit a virtual multi PHR MAC CE format in which all
entry information of multiple PHRs corresponding to a plurality of serving cells
is generated as virtual PHs regardless of an actual transmission/non-
transmission of the terminal in a wireless communication system supporting
multiple RAT DC or uplink CA.
The storage 1415 may store at least one of information being transmitted and
received through the transceiver 1405 and information generated through the
controller 1410. For example, the storage 1415 may store predefined
reference transmission format related information in association with the
virtual multi PHR MAC CE format transmission.
In the above-described embodiments of the disclosure, the elements included
in the disclosure may be expressed in a singular or plural form depending on
the proposed detailed embodiment. However, the singular or plural
expression has been selected suitably for a situation proposed for
convenience of description, and the disclosure is not limited to the singular or
plural elements. Although an element has been expressed in the plural form, it
may be configured in the singular form. Although an element has been
expressed in the singular form, it may be configured in the plural form.
Although the detailed embodiments have been described in the detailed
description of the disclosure, the disclosure may be modified in various ways
without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of
the disclosure should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but
should be defined by not only the claims, but equivalents thereof.
It should be appreciated that various embodiments of the disclosure and the
terms used therein are not intended to limit the technological features set forth
herein to particular embodiments and include various changes, equivalents,
and/or replacements for a corresponding embodiment. With regard to the
description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used to refer
to similar elements. It is to be understood that a singular form of a noun
corresponding to an item may include one or more of the things, unless the
relevant context clearly indicates otherwise. As used in the disclosure, each of
such phrases as “A or B,” “at least one of A and/or B,” “A, B, or C,” or “at least
one of A, B, and/or C” may include all possible combinations of the items
enumerated together. Such terms as “1st,” “2nd,” “first,” or “second” may be
used to simply distinguish a corresponding component from another, and
does not limit the components in other aspect (e.g., order or importance). If it
is described that if an element (e.g., a first element) is referred to, with or
without the term “operatively” or “communicatively”, as “connected to,” or
“coupled to” another element (e.g., a second element), it means that the
element may be connected to the other element directly, or via another
element (e.g., third element).
As used in the disclosure, the term “module” may include a unit implemented
in hardware, software, or firmware, and may interchangeably be used with
other terms, for example, “logic,” “logic block,” “part,” or “circuitry”. A module
may be a single integral component, or a minimum unit or part thereof,
adapted to perform one or more functions. For example, the module may be
implemented in a form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
Various embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented as software
(e.g., program) including instructions stored in a machine-readable storage
medium (e.g., internal memory or external memory) that is readable by a
machine (e.g., computer). The machine is a device which calls stored
instructions from the storage media and which is operable in accordance with
the called instructions, and may include an auxiliary base station or terminal
according to various embodiments. In case that the instructions are executed
by a processor (e.g., controller 1310 or 1410 in the device drawing), the
processor may perform functions corresponding to the instructions directly or
using other elements that are under the control of the processor. The
instructions may include a code generated or executed by a complier or an
interpreter.
The machine-readable storage medium may be provided in the form of a non-
transitory storage medium. Here, the term “non-transitory” simply means that
the storage medium is a tangible device, and does not include a signal, but
this term does not differentiate between data semi-permanently stored in the
storage medium and temporarily stored in the storage medium.
A method according to various embodiments disclosed in the disclosure may
be included and provided in a computer program product. The computer
program product may be traded as a product between a seller and a buyer.
The computer program product may be distributed in the form of a machine-
readable storage medium (e.g., compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM)),
or be distributed online via an application store (e.g., Play Store™). In case of
online distribution, at least a part of the computer program product may be
temporarily generated or at least temporarily stored in the machine-readable
storage medium, such as memory of a manufacturer's server, a server of an
application store, or a relay server.
According to various embodiments, each component (e.g., module or
program) may include a single entity or multiple entities. According to various
embodiments, parts of the above-described sub-components may be omitted,
or other components may be further included. Alternatively or additionally,
some components (e.g., modules or programs) may be integrated into a
single entity, and the integrated single entity may still perform functions of the
plurality of components in the same or similar manner as they are performed
before the integration. According to various embodiments, operations
performed by the module, the program, or another component may be carried
out sequentially, in parallel, repeatedly, or heuristically, or at least partial
operations may be executed in a different order or omitted, or other
operations may be added.
While the disclosure has been shown and described with reference to various
embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that
various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing
from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims
and their equivalents.

Claims
1. A method of a terminal for a multi power headroom report (PHR) in a
wireless communication system supporting uplink carrier aggregation, the
method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, PHR configuration information including
multi PHR type information;
determining an indicator indicating whether a predefined transmission
format is used in case of generating power headroom (PH) information
on each of a plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR type
information;
generating multi PH information on the plurality of serving cells based
on the indicator; and
transmitting, to the base station, the multi PH information,
wherein the multi PHR type information is information indicating a first
type multi medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) format
or a second type multi MAC CE format.
2. The method of claim 1,
wherein the indicator is a one-bit indicator corresponding to a serving
cell of the plurality of serving cells, and
wherein a virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on the
predefined transmission format in case that a value of the indicator is 1,
and the virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on a value
used in transmitting an uplink to the serving cell in case that the value
of the indicator is 0.
3. The method of claim 2,
wherein the value of the indicator is configured based on whether the
uplink for the serving cell is transmitted in case that the multi PHR type
information indicates the first type multi MAC CE format, and
wherein the value of the indicator is configured as a predefined value in
case that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type
multi MAC CE format.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
identifying whether the uplink of the terminal for the serving cell is
transmitted in case that the multi PHR type information indicates the
first type multi MAC CE format,
wherein the value of the indicator is configured to 0 in case that there is
an uplink transmission for the serving cell, and the value of the
 indicator is configured to 1 in case that there is not the uplink
transmission.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein values of a plurality of indicators
corresponding to the plurality of serving cells are configured to 1 in all in case
that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type multi MAC CE
format.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined transmission format
assumes an uplink transmission of a predefined unit resource block
regardless of whether an uplink for a serving cell of the terminal is actually
transmitted.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the base station, a terminal capability message
including information indicating whether a virtual multi PHR is
supported.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, from the terminal, a terminal capability message including
information indicating whether a virtual multi PHR is supported.
9. A method of a base station for receiving multi power headroom (PH)
information in a wireless communication system supporting uplink carrier
aggregation, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, PHR configuration information including
multi PHR type information;
receiving, from the terminal, the multi PH information corresponding to
a plurality of serving cells; and
performing uplink scheduling based on the received multi PH
information,
wherein the multi PHR type information is information indicating a first
type multi medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) format
or a second type multi MAC CE format, an indicator indicating whether
a predefined transmission format is used is determined in case that the
terminal generates the multi power headroom (PH) information on each
of the plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR type
information, and the multi PH information is generated based on the
determined indicator.
10. The method of claim 9,
 wherein the indicator is a one-bit indicator corresponding to a serving
cell of the plurality of serving cells, and
wherein a virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on the
predefined transmission format in case that a value of the indicator is 1,
and the virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on a value
used in transmitting an uplink to the serving cell in case that the value
of the indicator is 0.
11. The method of claim 10,
wherein the value of the indicator is configured based on whether the
uplink for the serving cell is transmitted in case that the multi PHR type
information indicates the first type multi MAC CE format, and
wherein the value of the indicator is configured to a predefined value in
case that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type
multi MAC CE format.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein in case that the multi PHR type
information indicates the first type multi MAC CE format, the terminal
configures the value of the indicator to 0 in case that there is an uplink
transmission to the serving cell, and the terminal configures the value of the
indicator to 1 in case that there is not the uplink transmission.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein values of a plurality of indicators
corresponding to the plurality of serving cells are configured to 1 in all in case
that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type multi MAC CE
format.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein the predefined transmission format
assumes an uplink transmission of a predefined unit resource block
regardless of whether an uplink for a serving cell of the terminal is actually
transmitted.
15. A multi power headroom report (PHR) device in a wireless communication
system supporting uplink carrier aggregation, the multi PHR device
comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station; and
a controller connected to the transceiver,
wherein the controller is configured to: control the transceiver to
receive, from the base station, PHR configuration information including
multi PHR type information, determine an indicator indicating whether a
predefined transmission format is used in case of generating power
headroom (PH) information on each of a plurality of serving cells based
 on the multi PHR type information, generate multi PH information on
the plurality of serving cells based on the indicator, and control the
transceiver to transmit the multi PH information to the base station, and
wherein the multi PHR type information is information indicating a first
type multi medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) format
or a second type multi MAC CE format.
16. The multi PHR device of claim 15,
wherein the indicator is a one-bit indicator corresponding to a serving
cell of the plurality of serving cells, and
wherein a virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on the
predefined transmission format in case that a value of the indicator is 1,
and the virtual PH of the serving cell is generated based on a value
used in transmitting an uplink to the serving cell in case that the value
of the indicator is 0.
17. The multi PHR device of claim 16,
wherein the value of the indicator is configured based on whether the
uplink for the serving cell is transmitted in case that the multi PHR type
information indicates the first type multi MAC CE format, and
wherein the value of the indicator is configured as a predefined value in
case that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type
multi MAC CE format.
18. The multi PHR device of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to
control the transceiver to transmit a terminal capability message including
information indicating whether a virtual multi PHR is supported to the base
station.
19. An apparatus for receiving multi power headroom (PH) information in a
wireless communication system supporting uplink carrier aggregation, the
apparatus comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a terminal; and
a controller connected to the transceiver,
wherein the controller is configured to: control the transceiver to
transmit, to a terminal, power headroom report (PHR) configuration
information including multi PHR type information and to receive, from
the terminal, the multi PH information corresponding to a plurality of
serving cells, and control to perform uplink scheduling based on the
received multi PH information, and
 wherein the multi PHR type information is information indicating a first
type multi medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) format
or a second type multi MAC CE format, an indicator indicating whether
a predefined transmission format is used is determined in case that the
terminal generates the multi power headroom (PH) information on each
of the plurality of serving cells based on the multi PHR type
information, and the multi PH information is generated based on the
determined indicator.
20. The apparatus of claim 19,
wherein a value of the indicator is configured based on whether the
uplink for a serving cell of the plurality of serving cells is transmitted in
case that the multi PHR type information indicates the first type multi
MAC CE format, and
wherein the value of the indicator is configured as a predefined value in
case that the multi PHR type information indicates the second type
multi MAC CE format.
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Patent History
Patent number: 11272462
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 21, 2020
Date of Patent: Mar 8, 2022
Patent Publication Number: 20210037481
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si)
Inventors: Hyoungmin Kim (Suwon-si), Namhoon Kim (Suwon-
si), Myunghwan Kim (Suwon-si), Yongsung Roh (Suwon-si)
Primary Examiner: Shaima Q Aminzay
Application Number: 16/934,462
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Transmission Power Control Technique (455/522)
International Classification: H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 72/12
(20090101)