HANDLING UPLINK POWER LIMITED SCENARIOS

摘要

A method for reducing power consumption by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method can include the wireless communication device determining that the device is experiencing an uplink power limited condition. In an instance in which the connection to the serving network was established only for a signaling purpose, the method can further include the wireless communication device sending a measurement report including an actual measured downlink signal quality value for the serving network in response to the uplink power limited condition. However, if the connection to the serving network was not established only for a signaling purpose, the method can include the wireless communication device sending a measurement report including a modified downlink signal quality value for the serving network to trigger a handover in response to the uplink power limited condition.

主权项

1. A wireless communication device comprising:
at least one transceiver, the at least one transceiver configured to transmit data to and receive data from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network using an LTE radio access technology (RAT) and a second network using a second RAT; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to at least:
determine that the wireless communication device is experiencing an uplink power limited condition in which a transmission power of the wireless communication device on the LTE network is limited to a level below a maximum transmission power associated with a power class level of the wireless communication device; andin response to the uplink power limited condition:
send a measurement report including an actual measured downlink signal quality value for the LTE network in an instance in which a connection with the LTE network was established only for a signaling purpose; andsend a measurement report including a modified downlink signal quality value for the LTE network to trigger an inter-RAT (iRAT) handover to the second network in an instance in which the connection with the LTE network was not established only for a signaling purpose.