# US 11,910,333 B2 · MPE-aware transmission scheduling

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- Number: US 11,910,333 B2
- Document ID: US11910333B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/192,730
- Filed: 2021-03-04
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-06
- Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni; Tao Luo; Peter Gaal; Juan Montojo; Jelena Damnjanovic; Iyab Issam Sakhnini; Wooseok Nam; Yan Zhou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910333B2

## CPC

- H04W 52/365: {Power headroom reporting}
- H04W 52/367: {Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range}
- H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control}
- H04W 52/247: {where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal}
- H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource
- H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit maximum permissible exposure related information that indicates at least one of: a transmit power limit corresponding to a specified time interval, an average transmit power limit corresponding to the specified time interval, or a combination thereof; and receive an allocation of transmission resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a parameter configuration comprising trigger information,
wherein the trigger information indicates a trigger for transmitting at least one of:
a transmit power limit corresponding to a specified time interval associated with a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit,
an average transmit power limit corresponding to the specified time interval, or
a combination thereof, and
wherein the trigger comprises a specified event detected by the UE;
transmitting MPE-related information that indicates at least one of:
the transmit power limit,
the average transmit power limit, or
the combination thereof; and
receiving an allocation of transmission resources associated with the specified time interval over which the MPE limit is to be satisfied in accordance with the transmit power limit, the average transmit power limit, or the combination thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the MPE-related information includes an MPE condition associated with the UE.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the transmit power limit or the average transmit power limit is based at least in part upon the MPE condition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted using a medium access control (MAC) control element.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted in a power headroom report.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger further comprises a dynamic signaling message from a base station.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the MPE-related information comprises transmitting the MPE-related information to another UE.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein the allocation of transmission resources is received from the other UE and includes an allocation of sidelink resources.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the allocation of transmission resources indicates at least one of:
a set of transmission parameters,
a transmit power corresponding to a transmit time interval,
a duration of the transmit time interval, or
a combination thereof.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the set of transmission parameters indicates at least one of:
a modulation and coding scheme (MCS),
a set of time resources,
a set of frequency resources, or
a combination thereof.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or uplink control information (UCI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

### Claim 12

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station (BS), comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a parameter configuration comprising trigger information,
wherein the trigger information indicates a trigger for transmitting at least one of:
a transmit power limit corresponding to a specified time interval associated with a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit,
an average transmit power limit corresponding to the specified time interval, or
a combination thereof, and
wherein the trigger comprises a specified event detected by the UE;
receiving, from the UE, MPE-related information that indicates at least one of:
the transmit power limit,
the average transmit power limit, or
the combination thereof; and
transmitting an allocation of transmission resources associated with the specified time interval.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the MPE-related information includes an MPE condition associated with the UE.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the transmit power limit or the average transmit power limit is based at least in part upon the MPE condition.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted using a medium access control (MAC) control element.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted in a power headroom report.

### Claim 17 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger further comprises a dynamic signaling message to the UE.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the allocation of transmission resources includes an allocation of uplink resources.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the allocation of transmission resources indicates at least one of:
a set of transmission parameters,
a transmit power corresponding to a transmit time interval,
a duration of the transmit time interval, or
a combination thereof.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, wherein the set of transmission parameters indicates at least one of:
a modulation and coding scheme (MCS),
a set of time resources,
a set of frequency resources, or
a combination thereof.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the allocation of transmission resources is based at least in part on the MPE-related information.

### Claim 22

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:
receive a parameter configuration comprising trigger information,
wherein the trigger information indicates a trigger for transmitting at least one of:
a transmit power limit corresponding to a specified time interval associated with a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit,
an average transmit power limit corresponding to the specified time interval, or
a combination thereof, and
wherein the trigger comprises a specified event detected by the UE;
transmit MPE-related information that indicates at least one of:
the transmit power limit,
the average transmit power limit, or
the combination thereof; and
receive an allocation of transmission resources associated with the specified time interval over which the MPE limit is to be satisfied in accordance with the transmit power limit, the average transmit power limit, or the combination thereof.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The UE of claim 22, wherein the MPE-related information includes an MPE condition associated with the UE.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The UE of claim 23, wherein at least one of the transmit power limit or the average transmit power limit is based at least in part upon the MPE condition.

### Claim 25 (depends on 22)

The UE of claim 22, wherein the MPE-related information is transmitted using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or uplink control information (UCI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

### Claim 26 (depends on 22)

The UE of claim 22, wherein the trigger further comprises a dynamic signaling message from a base station.

### Claim 27 (depends on 22)

The UE of claim 22, wherein transmitting the MPE-related information comprises transmitting the MPE-related information to another UE.

### Claim 28

A base station (BS) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a parameter configuration comprising trigger information,
wherein the trigger information indicates a trigger for transmitting at least one of:
a transmit power limit corresponding to a specified time interval associated with a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit,
an average transmit power limit corresponding to the specified time interval, or
a combination thereof, and
wherein the trigger comprises a specified event detected by the UE;
receive, from the UE, MPE-related information that indicates at least one of:
the transmit power limit,
the average transmit power limit, or
the combination thereof; and
transmit an allocation of transmission resources associated with the specified time interval.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The base station of claim 28, wherein the MPE-related information includes an MPE condition associated with the UE.

### Claim 30 (depends on 28)

The base station of claim 28, wherein at least one of the transmit power limit or the average transmit power limit is based at least in part upon the MPE condition.
