# US 11,910,331 B2 · Uplink power sharing control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,331 B2 - Document ID: US11910331B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/160,146 - Filed: 2023-01-26 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-02 - Assignees: Malikie Innovations Limited - Applicants: OT Patent Escrow, LLC - Inventors: Yufei Wu Blankenship; Shiwei Gao; Hua Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910331B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/281: {taking into account user or data type priority} - H04W 52/367: {Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04W 52/38: TPC being performed in particular situations - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A user equipment detects that an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds a threshold. In response to the detecting, a power of at least one of a plurality of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM)-based uplink transmissions of the UE over corresponding wireless connections with respective wireless access network nodes is adjusted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of a user equipment (UE), comprising: detecting that an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds a threshold; and in response to the detecting, adjusting a power of at least one uplink transmission of a plurality of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM)-based uplink transmissions of the UE over corresponding wireless connections with respective wireless access network nodes; wherein the adjusting: comprises reducing the power of the at least one uplink transmission or dropping the at least one uplink transmission, is according to at least one prioritization rule specifying that a first uplink transmission comprising a first uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission containing acknowledgement information has a higher priority than a second uplink transmission comprising a second uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission without acknowledgement information, wherein the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned; wherein: when the second uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the first uplink transmission, the adjusting is performed over a part of a full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission, wherein the part is an overlapping time region between the first and second uplink transmissions, and when the first uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the second uplink transmission and the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned and overlap in time, the adjusting is performed over the full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the wireless access network nodes have respective separate schedulers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a first wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes provides carrier aggregation having component carriers, the method comprising: concurrent uplink transmissions including plural uplink transmissions over wireless connections with the component carriers of the first wireless access network node. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein a second wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes does not support carrier aggregation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the concurrent uplink transmissions further include one or more further uplink transmissions over one or more wireless connections with the second wireless access network node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the concurrent uplink transmissions comprise the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregate of the calculated uplink transmit power of the UE comprises an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions of the UE over the corresponding wireless connections with the respective wireless access network nodes. ### Claim 8 A user equipment (UE) comprising: a communication component to communicate wirelessly with wireless access network nodes; and at least one processor configured to: detect that an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds a threshold; and in response to the detecting, adjust a power of at least one uplink transmission of a plurality of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM)-based uplink transmissions of the UE over corresponding wireless connections with the wireless access network nodes; wherein the adjusting: comprises reducing the power of the at least one uplink transmission or dropping the at least one uplink transmission, is according to at least one prioritization rule specifying that a first uplink transmission comprising a first uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission containing acknowledgement information has a higher priority than a second uplink transmission comprising a second uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission without acknowledgement information, wherein the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned; wherein: when the second uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the first uplink transmission, the adjusting is performed over a part of a full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission, wherein the part is an overlapping time region between the first and second uplink transmissions, and when the first uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the second uplink transmission and the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned and overlap in time, the adjusting is performed over the full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The UE of claim 8, wherein at least two of the wireless access network nodes have respective separate schedulers. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The UE of claim 8, wherein a first wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes provides carrier aggregation having component carriers, and wherein the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions comprise concurrent uplink transmissions including plural uplink transmissions over wireless connections with the component carriers of the first wireless access network node. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The UE of claim 10, wherein a second wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes does not support carrier aggregation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the concurrent uplink transmissions further include one or more further uplink transmissions over one or more wireless connections with the second wireless access network node. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The UE of claim 8, wherein the aggregate of the calculated uplink transmit power of the UE comprises an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions of the UE over the corresponding wireless connections with the wireless access network nodes. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that upon execution cause a user equipment (UE) to: detect that an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds a threshold; and in response to the detecting, adjust a power of at least one uplink transmission of a plurality of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM)-based uplink transmissions of the UE over corresponding wireless connections with respective wireless access network nodes; wherein the adjusting: comprises reducing the power of the at least one uplink transmission or dropping the at least one uplink transmission, is according to at least one prioritization rule specifying that a first uplink transmission comprising a first uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission containing acknowledgement information has a higher priority than a second uplink transmission comprising a second uplink control channel transmission or traffic channel transmission without acknowledgement information, wherein the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned; wherein: when the second uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the first uplink transmission, the adjusting is performed over a part of a full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission, wherein the part is an overlapping time region between the first and second uplink transmissions, and when the first uplink transmission is transmitted earlier than the second uplink transmission and the first and second uplink transmissions are time misaligned and overlap in time, the adjusting is performed over the full transmission time period of the second uplink transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein at least two of the wireless access network nodes have respective separate schedulers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein a first wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes provides carrier aggregation having component carriers, and wherein the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions comprise concurrent uplink transmissions including plural uplink transmissions over wireless connections with the component carriers of the first wireless access network node. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein a second wireless access network node of the wireless access network nodes does not support carrier aggregation. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the concurrent uplink transmissions further include one or more further uplink transmissions over one or more wireless connections with the second wireless access network node. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the aggregate of the calculated uplink transmit power of the UE comprises an aggregate of calculated uplink transmit power of the plurality of FDM-based uplink transmissions of the UE over the corresponding wireless connections with the wireless access network nodes.