# US 2019/0174431 A1 · Power Configuration Method, User Equipment, and Base Station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174431 A1 - Document ID: US20190174431A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/209,304 - Filed: 2018-12-04 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-18 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jiafeng Shao; Bingyu Qu; Qiang Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174431A1 ## CPC - H04W 52/346: {distributing total power among users or channels} - H04W 52/281: {taking into account user or data type priority} - 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 52/40: during macro-diversity or soft handoff - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04B 7/024: Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems - H04W 52/243: {taking into account interferences} - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract In response to a user equipment (UE) sending data to a first network side device over a first channel and to a second network side device over a second channel, a method includes determining that the first channel separately overlaps the second channel and a third channel. The method further includes allocating, according to priorities of the first channel and the second channel, a first transmit power to the first subframe j and a second transmit power to the second subframe i. The first transmit power is less than or equal to a first power upper limit. A sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power is less than or equal to a first threshold. A sum of third transmit power of the third subframe i+1 and the first power upper limit is less than or equal to a preset threshold. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power configuration method comprising: when user equipment (UE) sends information to a first network side device over a first channel and the UE sends information to a second network side device over a second channel, determining that the first channel comprises separate overlap portions that overlaps with the second channel and a third channel, wherein a first overlap portion exists between a first time interval in which the first channel is located and a second time interval in which the second channel is located; and a second overlap portion exists between the first time interval and a third time interval in which the third channel is located, wherein the third time interval is a next time interval of the second time interval, and information to the second network side device is transmitted over the third time interval; and allocating, according to a priority of the first channel and a priority of the second channel, first transmit power to the first time interval, and second transmit power to the second time interval, wherein the first transmit power is less than or equal to a preset first power upper limit, a sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power is less than or equal to a preset first threshold, and a sum of third transmit power of the third time interval and the first power upper limit is less than or equal to a preset second threshold. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining the third transmit power according to a priority of the third channel and the priority of the first channel; and determining the first power upper limit according to the second threshold and the third transmit power. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining the third transmit power; and determining that the priority of the third channel is higher than or equal to a priority of a fourth channel, wherein a fourth time interval in which the fourth channel is located is a next time interval of the first time interval, and wherein information to the first network side device is transmitted over the fourth time interval. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining that the first network side device is a secondary network side device (SeNB); and determining that the second network side device is a master network side device (MeNB). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining that a current mode of the UE is an asynchronous dual connectivity DC mode. ### Claim 6 User equipment comprising: a memory configured to store a program that comprises an instruction; and a processor, coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to perform the following steps: when the user equipment sends information to a first network side device over a first channel and the user equipment sends information to a second network side device over a second channel, determining that the first channel comprises separate overlap portions that overlaps with the second channel and a third channel, wherein a first overlap portion exists between a first time interval in which the first channel is located and a second time interval in which the second channel is located; and a second overlap portion exists between the first time interval and a third time interval in which the third channel is located, wherein the third time interval is a next time interval of the second time interval, and wherein information to the second network side device is transmitted over the third time interval; and allocating, according to a priority of the first channel and a priority of the second channel, first transmit power to the first time interval, and second transmit power to the second time interval, wherein the first transmit power is less than or equal to a preset first power upper limit, a sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power is less than or equal to a preset first threshold, and a sum of third transmit power of the third time interval and the first power upper limit is less than or equal to a preset second threshold. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the program comprises further instruction that when executed cause the processor to: before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, determine the third transmit power according to a priority of the third channel and the priority of the first channel; and determine the first power upper limit according to the second threshold and the third transmit power. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the program comprises further instruction that when executed cause the processor to: before the UE allocates the first transmit power and the second transmit power, determine the third transmit power; and determine that the priority of the third channel is higher than or equal to a priority of a fourth channel, wherein a fourth time interval in which the fourth channel is located is a next time interval of the first time interval, and wherein information to the first network side device is transmitted over the fourth time interval. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the first network side device is a secondary network side device (SeNB); and the second network side device is a master network side device (MeNB). ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the program comprises further instruction that when executed cause the processor to determine that a current mode of the UE is an asynchronous dual connectivity DC mode. ### Claim 11 A power configuration method comprising: when user equipment (UE) sends information to a first network side device over a first channel and the UE sends information to a second network side device over a second channel, determining that the first channel comprises a first overlap portion between a first time interval in which the first channel is located and a second time interval in which the second channel is located, a second overlap portion between the first time interval and a third time interval in which a third channel is located, wherein the first overlap portion is separate from the second overlap portion, wherein the third time interval is a next time interval of the second time interval, and information to the second network side device is transmitted over the third time interval; and allocating, according to a priority of the first channel and a priority of the second channel, first transmit power to the first time interval, and second transmit power to the second time interval, wherein the first transmit power is less than or equal to a first power upper limit, a sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power is less than or equal to a preset first threshold, and a sum of third transmit power of the third time interval and the first power upper limit is less than or equal to a preset second threshold. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining the third transmit power according to a priority of the third channel and the priority of the first channel; and determining the first power upper limit according to the second threshold and the third transmit power. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining the third transmit power; and determining that the priority of the third channel is higher than or equal to a priority of a fourth channel, wherein a fourth time interval in which the fourth channel is located is a next time interval of the first time interval, and wherein information to the first network side device is transmitted over the fourth time interval. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before allocating the first transmit power and the second transmit power, the method further comprises: determining that the first network side device is a secondary network side device (SeNB); and determining that the second network side device is a master network side device (MeNB). ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising determining that a current mode of the UE is an asynchronous dual connectivity DC mode.