US 12,225,474 B2
Uplink transmission power adjustment in 5G NR communication networks
Anokhi Shah, Bellevue, WA (US); and Mochamad Mirza, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovation LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,111.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269670 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/241 (2013.01) [H04W 52/367 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assigning a transmit power level to a device, the method comprising:
receiving, via a transmit power controller associated with a cell site, signal quality information associated with a device, the signal quality information comprising a value indicating a signal quality for the device;
receiving, via the transmit power controller, configuration information associated with the device, the configuration information comprising an uplink transmission configuration;
determining, via the transmit power controller, that a number of uplink transmission layers has decreased;
determining, via the transmit power controller and based on the signal quality information and the configuration information associated with the device, that a transmit power of the device is less than a threshold maximum power; and
causing, via the transmit power controller, 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.