# US 12,225,473 B2 · Methods and systems for power management in an uplink transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,473 B2 - Document ID: US12225473B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/949,761 - Filed: 2022-09-21 - Published: 2023-03-23 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-21 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jajohn Mathew Mattam; Manasi Ekkundi; Rishav Agarwal - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225473B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04W 52/242: {taking into account path loss} - H04W 52/34: TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading - H04W 52/367: {Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range} - H04W 52/262: {taking into account adaptive modulation and coding [AMC] scheme} - H04W 52/267: {taking into account the information rate} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods and/or systems for power management by a user equipment (UE) in an uplink transmission. The method may include determining, whether feedback related to transmit power of the UE, from a network entity is available and determining a first transmit power of the UE based on the determination and at least one of a plurality of transmitting parameters associated with the UE, evaluating a first spectral efficiency of the UE upon transmitting data at the first transmit power in a predefined time duration, determining a plurality of second transmit power. The method may include evaluating a plurality of second spectral efficiencies and determining a maximum spectral efficiency among the first and the plurality of second spectral efficiencies and transmitting the data at final transmit power among the first and the second plurality of second spectral efficiencies, the final transmit power corresponds to the maximum spectral efficiency. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for power management by a user equipment (UE) in an uplink transmission, the method comprising: determining, at the UE, whether feedback related to a transmit power of the UE, from a network entity, is available; determining a first transmit power of the UE based on the determination and at least one of a plurality of transmitting parameters associated with the UE; evaluating a first spectral efficiency of the UE upon transmitting data at the first transmit power in a predefined time duration, using a plurality of predefined parameters; determining a plurality of second transmit power, each of the plurality of second transmit power determined based on at least one: of an increment and decrement from the first transmit power and the plurality of transmitting parameters associated with the UE; evaluating a plurality of second spectral efficiencies corresponding to the plurality of second transmit power for the predefined time duration upon transmitting the data at the plurality of second transmit power; determining a spectral efficiency among the first and the plurality of second spectral efficiencies; and transmitting the data at a final transmit power among the first and the second plurality of second spectral efficiencies, wherein the final transmit power corresponds to the determined spectral efficiency. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determined first transmit power is less than or equal to a maximum allowed transmit power for the UE. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the plurality of second transmit power comprises: repeating the step of determining the plurality of second transmit powers by one of incrementing and decrementing the first transmit power by a predefined value till at least one second spectral efficiency among the plurality of second spectral efficiency is greater than the first spectral efficiency. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of predefined parameters includes allocated modulation and coding scheme (MCS), uplink layers and a block error rate (BLER) for the Uplink transmission of UE. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of transmitting parameters includes path loss, signalling parameters, and a number of resource blocks. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprises: repeating the steps of determining, evaluating and transmitting if at least one of a plurality of predefined conditions are satisfied, wherein the plurality of predefined conditions include change in a cell connected with the UE, and change in a radio link between the UE and the network entity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: determining whether a path loss between the UE and the network entity is above a predetermined threshold; in response to determining that the path loss between the UE and the network entity is above the predetermined threshold, the method comprises: redetermining the plurality of second transmit powers; revaluating the first and the plurality of second spectral efficiencies; determining a maximum spectral efficiency, as the spectral efficiency, among the revaluated plurality of second spectral efficiencies; and transmitting the data at a revaluated final transmit power, wherein the revaluated final transmit power corresponds to the revaluated maximum spectral efficiency. ### Claim 8 A method for power management by a user equipment (UE) in an uplink transmission, the method comprising: determining a power transmission level (MTPL) of the UE; determining whether a total transmit power for a plurality of transmission paths of the UE is less than the MTPL; in response to determining that the total transmit power is less than the MTPL, the method comprises: splitting the MTPL equally into at least two of a first transmit power and a second transmit power among the plurality of transmission paths, wherein a first transmit power corresponds to a first transmission path and the second transmit power corresponds to a second transmission path among the plurality of transmission paths; determining a revised first MTPL, if the first transmit power is greater than a first MTPL and second transmit power is less than a second MTPL, wherein the first MTPL corresponds to the power transmission level of first transmission path and the second MTPL corresponds to the power transmission level of second transmission path; and determining a revised second MTPL, if the first transmit power is less than the first MTPL and the second transmit power is greater than the second MTPL. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: transmitting data at the first transmit power and the second transmit power, if the second transmit power is less than the second MTPL. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: determining the total transmit power based on the first MTPL, the second MTPL and the second transmit power. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: determining the revised first MTPL based on the total transmit power and the second transmit power. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: determining the revised second MTPL based on the first MTPL, the second MTPL and the first transmit power. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: transmitting the data through the first transmission path at the revised first MTPL, if the first transmit power is greater than the first MTPL; and transmitting the data through the second transmission path at the revised second MTPL, if the second transmit power is greater than the second MTPL. ### Claim 14 A system for power management by a user equipment (UE) in an uplink transmission, the system comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: determine, at the UE, whether feedback related to a transmit power of the UE, from a network entity is available; determine a first transmit power of the UE based on the determination and at least one of a plurality of transmitting parameters associated with the UE; evaluate a first spectral efficiency of the UE upon transmitting data at the first transmit power in a predefined time duration, using a plurality of predefined parameters; determine a plurality of second transmit powers, each of the plurality of second transmit powers determined based on at least one of: an increment and decrement from the first transmit power, and the plurality of transmitting parameters associated with the UE; evaluate a plurality of second spectral efficiencies corresponding to the plurality of second transmit power for the predefined time duration upon transmitting the data at the plurality of second transmit power; determine a spectral efficiency among the first and the plurality of second spectral efficiencies; and transmit the data at a final transmit power among the first and the second plurality of second spectral efficiencies, wherein the final transmit power corresponds to the spectral efficiency. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the determined first transmit power is less than or equal to a maximum allowed transmit power for the UE. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein for determining the plurality of second transmit power comprises, the processor is configured to: determine the plurality of second transmit powers by one of incrementing and decrementing the first transmit power by a predefined value till at least one second spectral efficiency among the plurality of second spectral efficiency is greater than the first spectral efficiency. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the plurality of predefined parameters includes allocated modulation and coding scheme (MCS), uplink layers and a block error rate (BLER) for the Uplink transmission of UE. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the plurality of transmitting parameters includes path loss, signalling parameters, and a number of resource blocks. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine, evaluate and transmit if at least one of a plurality of predefined conditions are satisfied, wherein the plurality of predefined conditions include change in a cell connected with the UE, and change in a radio link between the UE and the network entity.