LTE Uplink Power Control

LTE Uplink Power Control

UL power control described in 3GPP TS 36.213

Adjusts UE Tx to compensate for channel fading.

Reduces inter cell interference
Avoids UE from transmitting excessive power.

Maximizes uplink data rate.
eNB radio receive power maintained for optimum SINR.

Prolongs UEs battery life.

Power Control update rate: 1kHZ (1ms = TTI = 1 subframe).

Open-loop & Close-loop power
control
LTE uplink power control is a combination of an open-loop and a closed-
loop mechanisms.
Open-loop: the terminal transmit power depends on estimate of the
downlink path-loss and channel configuration.
Closed-loop: implying that the network can, in addition, directly control
the terminal transmit power by means of explicit power-control
commands transmitted in the downlink.

Open-loop power control is used for:
PRACH at initial access (Random Access).
PUSCH and PUCCH as part of UL power control.

Close-loop power control is used for:
PUSCH and PUCCH as part of UL power control.

UE PRACH TX Power




Max allowable UE Pwr
Target eNB Rx Pwr
Path loss
Power UP each attempt by 2dB
UE PUSCH TX Power
The setting of the UE Transmit power for the
transmission in subframe i is defined by:





Max UE Pwr
Nr. of resource blocks
Target eNB Rx Pwr
Path loss
Transmission format (MCS)
Closed loop power control
UE PUCCH TX Power
The setting of the UE Transmit power for the
transmission in subframe i is defined by:





Max UE Pwr
Target eNB Rx Pwr
Path loss
PUCCH format
Closed loop power control
Transmission format
Path Loss (PL) estimation
Calculated in the UE in dB.

PL = referenceSignalPower higher layer
filtered RSRP


referenceSignalPower
Is provided by higher layers in SIB2.
Set to 21dBm for 2x40W MIMO cell.



referenceSignalPower
Downlink reference-signal EPRE (Energy Per
Resource Element).
Why 21dBm?

10MHz LTE carrier -> 50 RB
1 RB = 12 sub carriers (12 symbols)
Assuming 40W RDLT, then 40 [W]/50 [RB]= 0.8 [W/RB]
Pwr per symbol = 0.8 [W]/12 [symbols] = 0.0667 [W]/[symbol]
0.0667 [W] = 18.24 [dBm]
2 TX antennas = 18.24 [dBm] + 3 [dB] = 21.24 [dBm]

The downlink reference-signal EPRE can be derived from the downlink reference-signal transmit
power given by the parameter Reference-signal-power provided by higher layers. The downlink
reference-signal transmit power is defined as the linear average over the power contributions (in
[W]) of all resource elements that carry cell-specific reference signals within the operating system
bandwidth.
(2x2 MIMO: 4 RS out of 14 in every 3rd sub-carrier 9.6% of total
power 46dBm)
3 dB Power Boost for RS
R0 off to limit interference
R1 off to limit interference
RS power increases by 3dB due to non used RE power added to RS, when RS
of other antenna is transmitted.
Open loop power control example
(PUSCH)
P0-nominalPUSCH = -103dBm
referenceSignalPower = 21dBm
UE max Pwr = 22.5dBm
Number of Resource Blocks = 1
RSRP = -100dBm










1
UL Power control (PUSCH) Open
loop
UE transmit power for PUSCH transmission


is the maximum allowable UE power;
M is the number of scheduled resource blocks; (broadcasted on PDCCH)
PL is the downlink pathloss, estimated by UE. The UE can use
measurements of DL pathloss for estimation of UL pathloss. (Open-
loop)
is to enable fractional pathloss compensation;
PO_PUSCH set according to SINRtarget. SINRtarget is a parameter set to fulfill
the HARQ operating Point (OPP) quality requirements using the most
efficient MCS. PO_PUSCH is broadcasted on BCCH SIB2



is a Transport Format (TF) specific offset.

] [ )} ( log 10 , min{
TF O_PUSCH 10 MAX PUSCH
dBm i f PL P M P P
O_UE_PUSCH PUSCH O_NOMINAL_ _
arg arg _
) 1 (
P P P
N SINR PSD P
PUSCH O
et t et RXt PUSCH O


TF

MAX
P
UL Power control (PUSCH) Closed
loop
The function f(i) can either be cumulative or absolute (SIB2
accumulationEnabled).
In case of a cumulative function
(accumulation enabled by higher layers):


In case of absolute function
(accumulation disabled by higher layers):


is UE specific power adjustment included in the uplink
scheduling grant or in special TPC_PUSCH messages on the
PDCCH. It enforces the open loop PSDtarget and is updated fast
enough to compensate for the slow fading.


) ( ) 1 ( ) (
PUSCH PUSCH
K i i f i f
) ( ) (
PUSCH PUSCH
K i i f
PUSCH

Scheduler Delay
PUSCH

PUSCH

TPC Command
Accumulated
[dB]
Absolute [dB]
0 -1 -4
1 0 -1
2 1 1
3 3 4
UL Power control (PUSCH) Closed
loop
PUSCH

is set according to:

UL Power Control (PUCCH) Open
loop
UE transmit power for PUCCH transmission


is the maximum allowable UE power;
PL is the downlink pathloss, estimated by UE. The UE can use
measurements of DL pathloss for estimation of UL pathloss. (Open-
loop)
h(n) is a PUCCH format dependent value where n(cqi) corresponds to
the number of information bits for the CQI, and n(harq) the number of
HARQ bits. For PUCCH formats 1, 1a and 1b, h(n) is always 0. For
PUCCH format 2, h(n) is 0 for normal cyclic prefix and n(cqi)<4, but
may take on other values with extended cyclic prefix or for n(cqi)>4.

corresponds to a PUCCH format offset. Provided by
higher layers.

] [ )} ( ) ( ) , ( , min{
F_PUCCH O_PUCCH MAX PUCCH
dBm i g F n n h PL P P P
harq cqi

) (
_
F
PUCCH F

MAX
P
UL Power Control (PUCCH) Closed
loop
g(i) is the current PUCCH power control adjustment state, similar as PUSCH
(accumulation enabled), using parameter to calculate.
PUCCH

UL Power Control (PUCCH) Closed

loop
PUCCH

TPC Command Accumulated [dB]

0 -1
1 0
2 1
3 3
The open loop part controls PO_PUCCH, and the closed loop part controls g(i). This
function works much the same way as for PUSCH, except the TPC commands
for PUCCH can be transmitted in the downlink scheduling assignments, and
w i t h o u t a n y u p l i n k g r a n t .

CLPC Testing
The test is done in downtown Bellevue loop with
20 Mbps UL UDP data.

Following slides show comparative analysis
between CLPC active and inactive in the same
graph.


UL Throughput Comparison
UE TX Power Comparison
CLPC Testing Observations
CLPC functionality has reduced the required
power from the UEs significantly while the
throughput figures are quite close to each other.
Higher Layer Filtered RSRP
(filterCoefficientEUtraRSRP & filterCoefficientEUtraRSRQ)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1 14 27 40 53 66 79 92 105 118 131 144 157 170 183 196 209 222 235 248
Mn
Fn
RSRP filtering k=8
EUtranCellFDD PM Counters
pmRadioRecInterferencePwr
The measured Noise and Interference Power on PUSCH, according to 36.214

PDF ranges:
[0]: N+I <= -121
[1]: -121 < N+I <= -120
[2]: -120 < N+I <= -119
[3]: -119 < N+I <= -118
[4]: -118 < N+I <= -117
[5]: -117 < N+I <= -116
[6]: -116 < N+I <= -115
[7]: -115 < N+I <= -114
[8]: -114< N+I <= -113
[9]: -113 < N+I <= -112
[10]: -112 < N+I <= -108
[11]: -108 < N+I <= -104
[12]: -104 < N+I <= -100
[13]: -100 < N+I <= -96
[14]: -96 < N+I <= -92
[15]: -92 < N+I

Condition: An average value is measured on a TTI basis
Unit: dBm/PRB

Report from 2011-02-16 14:00 UTC to 2011-02-16 14:14 UTC
Time Object pmRadioRecInterferencePwr
14:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_1 5664,880660,8739,3020,1372,364,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
14:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_2 617247,282277,309,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
14:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_3 761490,138350,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
EUtranCellFDD PM Counters
pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted
The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where
the UE was considered to be power limited.

pmRadioTbsPwrUnrestricted
The number of Transport Blocks on MAC level scheduled in uplink where
the UE was NOT considered to be power limited.

Condition: A Transport Block is considered to be power limited when
the estimated required transmit power is higher than the UE maximum
transmit power.
Report from 2011-02-16 13:00 UTC to 2011-02-16 13:14 UTC
Time Object pmRadioTbsPwrRestricted pmRadioTbsPwrUnrestricted
13:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_1 32 1630
13:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_2 46 2376
13:00 EUtranCellFDD=172169_3 19 31

DL-PC
DL-PC:PC ON PDCCH
Thank You