# US 12,225,573 B2 · System and method for determining uplink transmission priority > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,573 B2 - Document ID: US12225573B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/388,331 - Filed: 2021-07-29 - Published: 2021-11-18 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-15 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Chenchen Zhang; Peng Hao; Xingguang Wei; Ke Yao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225573B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/281: {taking into account user or data type priority} - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04W 52/346: {distributing total power among users or channels} - H04W 52/36: with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - 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 72/0473: {the resource being transmission power} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods, systems, and devices for determining priority of transport channels and transmission signals. Some embodiments can be used in wireless communication embodiments in which multiple uplink transport channels or transmission signals need to be concurrent transmitted, such as in dual-connectivity mode, where the determined priority can be used to preferentially allocate uplink transmit power to higher priority transport channels and transmission signals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining, by a wireless device in a dual-connectivity mode including two or more links with two or more cell groups of a same communication technology, a priority of each transmission element of a plurality of transmission elements, wherein the plurality of transmission elements comprises one or more of a transport channel or a transmission signal, wherein a respective priority of each transmission element is based on a corresponding transmission type of the respective transmission element, and wherein at least one of the transmission types is assigned to a first transport channel and a first transmission signal; determining, by the wireless device, a total power allocated in the dual-connectivity mode, for scheduled concurrent uplink grants within a time overlap; and allocating, by the wireless device, transmission power of the total power, to respective transmission elements of the plurality of transmission elements for transmission via respective links of the respective cell groups, based on the priority of each transmission element, for the time overlap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more of the transport channel or the transmission signal comprises one or more of a physical random access channel (PRACH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a PUSCH with multiplexed uplink control information (UCI), a PUSCH without multiplexed UCI, a PUSCH with multiplexed specific UCI, or a PUCCH with specific UCI. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transmission elements comprises one or more of a transport channel or a transmission signal in which one or more transmission time domain resources on one or more of the cell groups overlap. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission type is predefined by a system in which the wireless device operates or is semi-statically configured by a wireless node. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a first plurality of transmission elements belongs to a first channel set, a second plurality of different transmission elements belongs to a second channel set, and only the first channel set is configured with a transmission type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device determines the transmission type of the transmission element based on a transmission type indication field in a downlink control information (DCI) associated with the transmission element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device determines the transmission type of the transmission element based on a SRS Resource Indicator field in a downlink control information (DCI) associated with the transmission element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device determines a mapping between the transmission type and one or more SRS Resource Indicator values based on a rule predefined by the system in which the wireless device operates or a parameter semi-statically configured by a wireless node. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device determines the transmission type of the transmission element based on a property of the DCI associated with the transmission element, wherein the property of the DCI includes at least one of a search space where the DCI was blindly detected, a specific monitoring occasion where the DCI signal was detected, a control resource set (CORESET) where the DCI signal was detected, a format of the DCI signal, a size of the DCI signal, a beam direction in which the DCI signal was detected, a specific carrier on which the DCI signal was detected, and a bandwidth part (BWP) on which the DCI signal was detected. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the priority of each transmission element in the plurality of transmission elements is based on at least one of a predefined priority configuration, a semi-static priority configuration, and a dynamic priority configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the priority of each transmission element in the plurality of transmission elements is based on a starting time of the transmission element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the priority of each transmission element in the plurality of transmission elements is based on a priority of a cell group of the transmission element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the priority of the cell group of the transmission element is determined by comparing a priority of a highest priority transmission element in the cell group with a priority of a highest priority transmission element in one or more different cell groups. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the priority of the cell group of the transmission element is determined by comparing a priority of a plurality of transmission elements in a primary cell of the cell group with a priority of a plurality of transmission elements in primary cells of one or more different cell groups. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the priority of the cell group of the transmission element is determined by comparing a transmission starting time of a plurality of transmission elements of the cell group with transmission starting times of a plurality of transmission elements in one or more different cell groups. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein allocating the transmission power to the plurality of transmission elements further comprises: receiving a power allocation threshold P1 for a first transmission element set and a power allocation threshold P2 for a second transmission element set; determining a total power available P_TOTAL to allocate to the first transmission element set and to the second transmission element set, collectively; and when P1+P2 is greater than P_TOTAL, P1 is less than P_TOTAL, and the first transmission element set has a higher priority than the second transmission element set, allocating power to the first transmission element set based on the power allocation threshold P1 and allocating power to the second transmission element set based on a power allocation threshold P_TOTAL−P1. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless device modifies the power allocation threshold of one or more lower priority transmission elements based on a semi-static configuration. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is a user equipment (UE), the wireless node is a base station (BS), and the transmission power is allocated for an uplink transmission. ### Claim 19 A wireless communication apparatus in a dual-connectivity mode, comprising: at least one processor configured to: maintain, in the dual-connectivity mode, two or more links with two or more cell groups of a same communication technology; determine a priority of each transmission element of a plurality of transmission elements, wherein the plurality of transmission elements comprises one or more of a transport channel or a transmission signal, wherein a respective priority of each transmission element is based on a corresponding transmission type of the respective transmission element, and wherein at least one of the transmission types is assigned to a first transport channel and a first transmission signal; determine a total power allocated in the dual-connectivity mode, for scheduled concurrent uplink grants within a time overlap; and allocate transmission power of the total power, to respective transmission elements of the plurality of transmission elements for transmission via respective links of the respective cell groups, based on the priority of each transmission element, for the time overlap.