# US 11,115,940 B2 · Method for obtaining noise power and terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,940 B2 - Document ID: US11115940B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/982,509 - Filed: 2019-03-19 - Published: 2021-01-21 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-19 - Assignees: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - Inventors: Li Zhao; Rui Zhao; Ying Peng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115940B2 ## CPC - H03G 3/3078: {Circuits generating control signals for digitally modulated signals} - H04W 52/52: using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers - H04W 52/243: {taking into account interferences} - H04W 52/262: {taking into account adaptive modulation and coding [AMC] scheme} - H04W 52/362: {Aspects of the step size} - H03G: CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for obtaining a noise power and a terminal are provided. The obtaining method includes: obtaining a first power offset value of an actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to a first predetermined received power within a predetermined transmission time interval (TTI); obtaining, according to a preset correspondence between a modulation mode and an AGC backoff value, a target AGC backoff value corresponding to a current modulation mode; and obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and a current AGC received power. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for obtaining a noise power, comprising: obtaining a first power offset value of an actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to a first predetermined received power within a predetermined transmission time interval (TTI); obtaining, according to a preset correspondence between a modulation mode and an AGC backoff value, a target AGC backoff value corresponding to a current modulation mode; and obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and a current AGC received power. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The obtaining method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the first power offset value of the actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to the first predetermined received power within the predetermined transmission time interval (TTI) comprises: obtaining the first power offset value according to a difference between the actual AGC received power and the first predetermined received power within the predetermined TTI. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The obtaining method according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining the first power offset value according to the difference between the actual AGC received power and the first predetermined received power within the predetermined TTI comprises: obtaining actual AGC received powers corresponding to respective power sampling points in the predetermined TTI; obtaining difference values between the actual AGC received powers corresponding to the respective power sampling points and the first predetermined received power; and obtaining the power offset value according to an average value of at least one of the difference values. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The obtaining method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and the current AGC received power comprises: obtaining a target received power according to a second predetermined received power and the first power offset value; obtaining a second power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the target received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to the difference between the second power offset value and the target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The obtaining method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and the current AGC received power comprises: subtracting the first power offset value from the target AGC backoff value to obtain an updated target AGC backoff value; obtaining a third power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the second predetermined received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to a difference between the third power offset value and the updated target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The obtaining method according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence between the modulation mode and the AGC backoff value is obtained according to the number of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) bits and a modulation mode supported by a system. ### Claim 7 A terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is configured to implement following steps: obtaining a first power offset value of an actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to a first predetermined received power within a predetermined transmission time interval (TTI); obtaining, according to a preset correspondence between a modulation mode and an AGC backoff value, a target AGC backoff value corresponding to a current modulation mode; and obtaining a noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and a current AGC received power. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The terminal according to claim 7, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is further configured to implement following steps: obtaining the first power offset value according to a difference between the actual AGC received power and the first predetermined received power within the predetermined TTI. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is further configured to implement following steps: obtaining actual AGC received powers corresponding to respective power sampling points in the predetermined TTI; obtaining difference values between the actual AGC received powers corresponding to the respective power sampling points and the first predetermined received power; and obtaining the power offset value according to an average value of at least one of the difference values. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The terminal according to claim 7, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is further configured to implement following steps: obtaining a target received power according to a second predetermined received power and the first power offset value; obtaining a second power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the target received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to the difference between the second power offset value and the target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The terminal according to claim 7, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is further configured to implement following steps: subtracting the first power offset value from the target AGC backoff value to obtain an updated target AGC backoff value; obtaining a third power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the second predetermined received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to a difference between the third power offset value and the updated target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the correspondence between the modulation mode and the AGC backoff value is obtained according to the number of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) bits and a modulation mode supported by a system. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored thereon, and the computer program is executed by a processor to implement steps: obtaining a first power offset value of an actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to a first predetermined received power within a predetermined transmission time interval (TTI); obtaining, according to a preset correspondence between a modulation mode and an AGC backoff value, a target AGC backoff value corresponding to a current modulation mode; and obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and a current AGC received power. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement steps: obtaining the first power offset value according to a difference between the actual AGC received power and the first predetermined received power within the predetermined TTI. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement steps: obtaining actual AGC received powers corresponding to respective power sampling points in the predetermined TTI; obtaining difference values between the actual AGC received powers corresponding to the respective power sampling points and the first predetermined received power; and obtaining the power offset value according to an average value of at least one of the difference values. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement steps: obtaining a target received power according to a second predetermined received power and the first power offset value; obtaining a second power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the target received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to the difference between the second power offset value and the target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement steps: subtracting the first power offset value from the target AGC backoff value to obtain an updated target AGC backoff value; obtaining a third power offset value according to a difference between the current AGC received power and the second predetermined received power; and obtaining a quantization noise power or a peak clipping noise power according to a difference between the third power offset value and the updated target AGC backoff value. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the correspondence between the modulation mode and the AGC backoff value is obtained according to the number of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) bits and a modulation mode supported by a system.