Uplink transmission power adjustment in 5G NR communication networks

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer storage hardware devices storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive signal quality information associated with a device, the signal quality information comprising a value indicating a signal quality for the device;
• receive configuration information associated with the device, the configuration information comprising an uplink transmission configuration;
• determine that the device is to transition to a protocol having a lower number of uplink transmission layers based on the signal quality information;
• determine, based on the signal quality information and the configuration information associated with the device, that a total transmit power of the device should be adjusted;
• and
• cause the total transmit power of the device to be increased based on determining that the total transmit power of the device should be adjusted.

One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving signal quality information associated with a device;
• receiving an uplink transmission configuration for the device;
• determining that a number of uplink transmission layers has decreased;
• determining, based on the signal quality information and the uplink configuration associated with the device, that a transmit power of the device is less than a threshold maximum power;
• and
• causing the device to increase the transmit power based on determining that the transmit power of the device is less than the threshold maximum power and based on determining that the number of uplink transmission layers has decreased.