US 10952153

US Patent 10952153, titled "Power control in a wireless network," was issued on March 16, 2021, from an application filed on May 13, 2019. The inventor is Nicholas W. Anderson. The current and original assignee is Intellectual Ventures II LLC.

Abstract:
A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a plurality of pre-defined values. The network device may transmit on a single channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command.

Legal Status & Litigation:
The patent's legal status is "Expired - Fee Related."
The patent family is involved in litigation, including:

• A PTAB case, IPR2025-00217, which is currently pending and instituted.
• Two US cases filed in the Texas Western District Court (case numbers 6:24-cv-00188 and 1:24-cv-00390).
• The first worldwide family litigation has also been filed.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

Independent Claim 1 (User Equipment - UE):
This claim describes a User Equipment (UE) that includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to enable the receiver to receive an indication from a network device that transmit power control (TPC) command accumulation is active. Additionally, the receiver is configured to receive both scheduling information and power control information (which includes a multi-level TPC command) on a single physical channel from the network device. Finally, the processor causes the transmitter to send an uplink signal to the network device, with the transmission power based on this received scheduling information and the multi-level TPC command.

Independent Claim 11 (Method performed by a UE):
This claim outlines a method performed by a UE with a transmitter and receiver. The method involves the UE receiving an indication from a network device that transmit power control (TPC) command accumulation is enabled. It also involves the UE receiving, on a single physical channel from the network device, both scheduling information and power control information that contains a multi-level TPC command. The method concludes with the UE transmitting an uplink signal to the network device, where the transmission is based on the received scheduling information and the multi-level TPC command.