Method and system for adjusting downlink outer loop power to control target SIR
First Claim
1. A method of transmission power control for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) that transmits data signals in a forward channel where the WTRU is configured to make forward channel power adjustments as a function of target metrics computed based on the data signals as received over the forward channel, the method comprising:
- receiving data signals from the WTRU on the forward channel;
computing target metrics for the WTRU'"'"'s forward channel power adjustments based on the detection of predetermined error conditions in the signals received on the forward channel including;
setting an initial target metric value;
after a preliminary period at the initial value, changing the target metric by a step up or a step down amount at time intervals of a predetermined length whereby the target metric is increased by the step up amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval or is decreased by the step down amount if the predetermined error condition has not been detected the immediately preceding time interval; and
setting the step up and step down amounts at a first relatively high transient state level and reducing the step up and step down amounts by a selected amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval until they are reduced to a second relatively low steady state level.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system and method for controlling transmission power to maintain a received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) as close as possible to a target SIR. A received quality is maintained as close as possible to a target quality based on block error rate (BLER). When a target BLER is converted to an initial target SIR, an error may occur due to a channel condition mismatch, since the target SIR required for the target BLER varies with channel conditions. An outer loop power control process is used to set a target SIR for each coded composite transport channel (CCTrCH) based on the required target BLER. The process adjusts a SIR step size parameter to maximize the convergence speed of the process.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of transmission power control for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) that transmits data signals in a forward channel where the WTRU is configured to make forward channel power adjustments as a function of target metrics computed based on the data signals as received over the forward channel, the method comprising:
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receiving data signals from the WTRU on the forward channel;
computing target metrics for the WTRU'"'"'s forward channel power adjustments based on the detection of predetermined error conditions in the signals received on the forward channel including;
setting an initial target metric value;
after a preliminary period at the initial value, changing the target metric by a step up or a step down amount at time intervals of a predetermined length whereby the target metric is increased by the step up amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval or is decreased by the step down amount if the predetermined error condition has not been detected the immediately preceding time interval; and
setting the step up and step down amounts at a first relatively high transient state level and reducing the step up and step down amounts by a selected amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval until they are reduced to a second relatively low steady state level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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10. A receiving wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) for implementing transmission power control for a transmitting WTRU that transmits data signals in a forward channel where the transmitting WTRU is configured to make forward channel transmission power adjustments as a function of target metrics computed by the receiving WTRU, the receiving WTRU comprising:
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a receiver for receiving data signals from a transmitting WTRU on a forward channel;
a processor for computing target metrics for implementing forward channel transmission power adjustments in the transmitting WTRU based on the detection of predetermined error conditions in the data signals received on the forward channel; and
said processor configured to compute target metrics such that;
after a preliminary period at an initial value, the target metric is changed by a step up or a step down amount at time intervals of a predetermined length whereby the target metric is increased by the step up amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval or the target metric is decreased by the step down amount if the predetermined error condition has not been detected in the immediately preceding time interval; and
the step up and step down amounts are set a first relatively high transient state level and are reduced by a selected amount if a predetermined error condition has been detected in an immediately preceding time interval until they are reduced to a second relatively low steady state level. - View Dependent Claims (9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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