US 11,956,787 B2
Power headroom reporting in coverage edge
Xipeng Zhu, San Diego, CA (US); Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US); Mutaz Zuhier Afif Shukair, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US); Masato Kitazoe, Hachiouji (JP); Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); and Tom Chin, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/374,531.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,151, filed on Apr. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0313441 A1, Oct. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 52/365 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving an uplink (UL) grant assigning resources for UL transmissions from the UE to a next generation Node B (gNB);
determining the assigned resources are insufficient to transmit UL data and a power headroom report (PHR) for a cell associated with the UL grant; and
based, at least in part, on the determination, taking one or more actions to transmit the UL data and convey an indication of the PHR to the gNB, wherein the indication indicates the assigned resources are insufficient for the UE to transmit both uplink data and the PHR.