Power control and automatic repeat request (arq) in a radio communications system
First Claim
1. A method in a communication system characterized by sending at a first radio network entity a transmission power control signal to a mobile radio to control a power level at which the mobile radio transmits data units over the communications channel based on a target value;
- detecting at the first radio network entity one or more errors in one or more data units received from the mobile radio and requesting retransmission of one or more data units; and
, providing information associated with the requested retransmission to a second radio network entity for generating a revised target value based on the received information in the second radio network entity.
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Abstract
A radio network entity in charge of outer loop power control for a communication with a mobile radio is informed about erroneous data units, requested retransmissions, and/or data units transmission attempts associated with the data units sent by the mobile radio to the radio network. Another radio network entity, which sends a transmission power control signal to the mobile radio to control the mobile'"'"'s transmit power level based on a target value, detects errors in data units received from the mobile radio and requests retransmission. Information associated with the requested retransmission is used to generate a revised target value. The target value may be revised by an outer loop power controller node or by an outer loop power controller entity in the same node as an ARQ entity that generates the information about erroneous data units, requested retransmissions, and/or data units transmission attempts associated with the data units sent by t he mobile radio to the radio network.
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1. A method in a communication system characterized by
sending at a first radio network entity a transmission power control signal to a mobile radio to control a power level at which the mobile radio transmits data units over the communications channel based on a target value; -
detecting at the first radio network entity one or more errors in one or more data units received from the mobile radio and requesting retransmission of one or more data units; and
,providing information associated with the requested retransmission to a second radio network entity for generating a revised target value based on the received information in the second radio network entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A radio network including a first radio network entity, in comprising:
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means for performing automatic repeat request (ARQ) operations on certain data units transmitted over a radio interface from a mobile radio;
means for generating ARQ related information and forwarding said information to a second radio network entity; and
,means for performing a first power control associated with the transmit power level of the mobile radio based on a communication quality threshold for communications from the mobile radio over the communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A radio network for communicating with a mobile radio communication over a communications channel, comprising:
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first means in a first radio network entity for sending a transmission power control signal to the mobile radio to control a power level at which the mobile radio transmits data units over the communications channel based on a target value;
second means in the first radio network entity for detecting one or more errors in one or more data units received from the mobile radio and requesting retransmission of one or more data units;
third means for providing information associated with the requested retransmission to a second radio network entity; and
,fourth means in the second radio network entity for generating a revised target value based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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