# US 9,439,155 B2 · Transmission device, reception device, and method for controlling transmission power > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,155 B2 - Document ID: US9439155B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/377,147 - Filed: 2013-02-22 - Published: 2014-12-25 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-08 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Takashi Iwai; Kazuki Takeda; Akihiko Nishio; Daichi Imamura; Masayuki Hoshino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439155B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/242: {taking into account path loss} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04W 52/40: during macro-diversity or soft handoff - H04W 52/58: Format of the TPC bits - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 52/362: {Aspects of the step size} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract This transmission device can notify of a control value pertaining to transmission power without causing an increase in the amount of signaling. A control unit (103) controls transmission power based on a bit sequence notified from a reception device and the association between the bit sequence and a control value pertaining to transmission power; in the association, each bit sequence is respectively associated with a first control value candidate group and a second control value candidate group; when the device is not the subject of cooperative reception, the control unit (103) calculates a transmission power using a control value candidate associated with the notified bit sequence among the first control value candidate group, and when the device is the subject of cooperative reception, the control unit (103) calculates a transmission power using a control value candidate associated with the notified bit sequence among the second control value candidate group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmitting apparatus comprising: a control section that controls transmission power based on a bit string indicated from a receiving apparatus and a correspondence in which bit strings are associated with a first target value candidate group and a second target value candidate group relating to a target value of the transmission power; and a transmitting section that transmits a signal using the transmission power, wherein, the first target value candidate group includes first target value candidates used for transmission power control for a serving cell; the second target value candidate group includes second target value candidates calculated by subtracting a path loss difference from the first target value candidates, the path loss difference being a difference between a minimum path loss level among path loss levels between the transmitting apparatus and a plurality of receiving apparatus, and a path loss level between the transmitting apparatus and the serving cell; and the control section uses, when the transmitting apparatus is not a coordinated reception target of the plurality of receiving apparatuses, a first target value candidate associated with the indicated bit string in the first target value candidate group, and uses, when the transmitting apparatus is the coordinated reception target, a second target value candidate associated with the indicated bit string in the second target value candidate group, the second target value candidate being equal to or less than the first target value candidate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an interval between adjacent control value candidates in the second target value candidate group is greater than an interval between adjacent control value candidates in the first target value candidate group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the second target value candidate group is greater than a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the first target value candidate group. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each target value candidate of the second target value candidate group is set within a range of values acceptable as first target value candidates of the first target value candidate group and within a range of values acceptable as target values relating to control of transmission power during the coordinated reception. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the second target value candidate group, an interval between adjacent second target value candidates is smaller in a first range including second target value candidates with a higher use-frequency, and an interval between adjacent second target value candidates is greater in a second range including second target value candidates with a lower use-frequency. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the second target value candidate group, an interval between adjacent second target value candidates is smaller in a first range including second target value candidates equal to or lower than a determined value and an interval between adjacent second target value candidates is greater in a second range including second target value candidates equal to or greater than the determined value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: a path loss compensation ratio used for the control of transmission power is indicated from the receiving apparatus to the transmitting apparatus; and in the association, the greater the path loss compensation ratio in the second target value candidate group, the greater is an interval between adjacent second target value candidates. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: a path loss compensation ratio used for the control of transmission power is indicated from the receiving apparatus to the transmitting apparatus; and in the association, the greater the path loss compensation ratio, the greater is the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the second target value candidate group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section determines that the transmitting apparatus is the coordinated reception target when a reference signal sequence specific to a transmitting apparatus is set from the receiving apparatus to the transmitting apparatus or when a reference signal sequence specific to a transmitting apparatus is settable from the receiving apparatus to the transmitting apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section determines, when a signal is transmitted to a receiving apparatus other than the receiving apparatus that indicates the bit string intended for the transmitting apparatus, that the transmitting apparatus is the coordinated reception target, and determines, when a signal is transmitted to a receiving apparatus that indicates the bit string intended for the transmitting apparatus, that the transmitting apparatus is not the coordinated reception target. ### Claim 11 A receiving apparatus comprising: a signal generating section that generates a control signal including a bit string set based on a correspondence in which bit strings are associated with a first target value candidate group and a second target value candidate group relating to a target value of transmission power of a transmitting apparatus; and a transmitting section that transmits the control signal, wherein: when the transmitting apparatus is not a coordinated reception target of a plurality of receiving apparatuses, a first target value candidate associated with the set bit string in the first target value candidate group is used, and when the transmitting apparatus is the coordinated reception target, a second target value candidate associated with the set bit string in the second target value candidate group is used, the first target value candidate group including first target value candidates used for transmission power control for a serving cell, the second target value candidate group including second target value candidates calculated by subtracting a path loss difference from the first target value candidates, the path loss difference being a difference between a minimum path loss level among path loss levels between the transmitting apparatus and the plurality of receiving apparatus, and a path loss level between the transmitting apparatus and the serving cell, and the second target value candidate being equal to or less than the first target value candidate. ### Claim 12 A transmission power control method for controlling transmission power of a transmitting apparatus based on a bit string indicated from a receiving apparatus and a correspondence between bit strings and target values of the transmission power, the method comprising: associating, in the correspondence, the bit strings with a first target value candidate group and a second target value candidate group, the first target value candidate group including first target value candidates used for transmission power control for a serving cell, the second target value candidate group including second target value candidates calculated by subtracting a path loss difference from the first target value candidates, the path loss difference being a difference between a minimum path loss level among path loss levels between the transmitting apparatus and a plurality of receiving apparatus, and a path loss level between the transmitting apparatus and the serving cell; and calculating transmission power, when the transmitting apparatus is not a coordinated reception target of the plurality of receiving apparatuses, using a first target value candidate associated with the indicated bit string in the first target value candidate group, and calculating transmission power, when the transmitting apparatus is the coordinated reception target, using a second target value candidate associated with the indicated bit string in the second target value candidate group, the second target value candidate being equal to or less than the first target value candidate.