# US 2019/0357151 A1 · Systems and methods for uplink transmission power control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0357151 A1 - Document ID: US20190357151A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/407,952 - Filed: 2019-05-09 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-05 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Yushu Zhang; RongZhen Yang; Yuan Zhu; Gang Xiong; Wenting Chang; Guotong Wang; Dae Won Lee; Yongjun Kwak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190357151A1 ## CPC - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04B 7/0404: the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04W 52/241: {taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR or Eb/lo} - H04W 52/242: {taking into account path loss} - H04W 52/243: {taking into account interferences} - H04W 52/325: {Power control of control or pilot channels} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04W 52/245: {taking into account received signal strength} - 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 Uplink Transmission Power Control (TPC) techniques configured to compensate for variations in path loss and/or interference on a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) operable to configure uplink transmission power in a multi-beam system, the UE comprising: one or more processors configured to: decode, at the UE, higher level signaling received from a next generation node B (gNB) including one or more power control factors for corresponding ones of a plurality of uplink transmission beams; estimate, at the UE, a path loss for corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams; and determine, at the UE, a transmission power of one or more of the plurality of uplink transmission beams as a function of the one or more decoded power control factors and the estimated path loss of the corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams; and a memory interface configured to send to a memory one or more indicators of the determined transmission power of the corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a transceiver configured to: receive, at the UE, higher level signaling received from the gNB, including one or more power control factors for corresponding ones of a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: encode an uplink signal for transmission on one or more of the plurality of uplink transmission beams based on the determined transmission power of the corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a resource block power (P0) for each of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a path loss compensation factor (α) for each of a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the higher level signaling includes one or more of a System Information Block (SIB), a Master Information Block (MIB), a Radio Resource Control (RRC), or a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE includes an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, an internal memory, a non-volatile memory port, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 28 An apparatus of a next generation node B (gNB) operable to configure uplink transmission power in a multi-beam system, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors configured to: determine, at the gNB, one or more power control factors for a plurality of uplink transmission beams; and encode, at the gNB for transmission to a user equipment (UE), higher level signaling including the one or more power control factors for the plurality of uplink transmission beams; and a memory interface configured to send to a memory the one or more power control factors. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising a transceiver configured to: transmit the one or more power control factors for the plurality of uplink transmission beams via higher layer signaling. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: decode an uplink signal received from the UE on one or more of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 31 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a resource block power (P0) for each of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a path loss compensation factor (α) for each of a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the higher level signaling includes one or more of a System Information Block (SIB), a Master Information Block (MIB), a Radio Resource Control (RRC), or a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The apparatus of the gNB of any of claim 28, wherein the gNB includes one or more of application circuitry, baseband circuitry, Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry, front-end module (FEM) circuitry, one or more antennas, or power management circuitry (PMC). ### Claim 35 At least one machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for a user equipment (UE) configured for uplink transmission power in a multi-beam system, the instructions when executed by one or more processors at the UE perform the following: decoding, at the UE, higher level signaling received from a next generation node B (gNB) including one or more power control factors for corresponding ones of a plurality of uplink transmission beams; estimating, at the UE, a path loss for corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams; and determining, at the UE, a transmission power of one or more of the plurality of uplink transmission beams as a function of the one or more decoded power control factors and the estimated path loss of the corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The at least one machine readable storage medium in claim 35 further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following: receiving, at the UE, higher level signaling received from the gNB, including one or more power control factors for corresponding ones of a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 37 (depends on 35) The at least one machine readable storage medium in claim 35 further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following: encoding an uplink signal for transmission on one or more of the plurality of uplink transmission beams based on the determined transmission power of the corresponding ones of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 38 (depends on 35) The at least one machine readable storage medium in claim 35, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a resource block power (P0) for each of the plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 39 (depends on 35) The at least one machine readable storage medium in claim 35, wherein the one or more power control factors includes a path loss compensation factor (α) for each of a plurality of uplink transmission beams. ### Claim 40 (depends on 35) The at least one machine readable storage medium in claim 35, wherein the higher level signaling includes one or more of a System Information Block (SIB), a Master Information Block (MIB), a Radio Resource Control (RRC), or a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).