Patent ID: 9439199
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a first base station, a request to transmit a first power decision pilot; determining a first set of time-frequency resources to use for transmitting the first power decision pilot, the first set of time-frequency resources including a fraction of time-frequency resources available for transmission; transmitting, based on receiving the request, the first power decision pilot on the first set of time-frequency resources in a first time period to indicate a first transmit power level to use for data transmission in a second time period after the first time period; receiving, from a second base station, an uplink grant based at least in part on the first power decision pilot and a second power decision pilot from another UE; and transmitting, to the second base station, data in accordance with the uplink grant.