LOAD-ADAPTIVE UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER
First Claim
1. An access terminal of a wireless communication system, the access terminal comprising:
- an antenna configured to transmit and receive wireless communications;
a transceiver coupled to the antenna;
a load level monitor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive, from the transceiver via the antenna, and analyze indications of reverse link wireless network traffic load over a period of time in a region of the wireless network containing the access terminal;
a load level module communicatively coupled to the load level monitor and configured to combine the indications over the period of time to determine a load level associated with the access terminal; and
a transmission module, communicatively coupled to the load level module and the transceiver, configured to cause the transceiver to change from transmitting data packets in accordance with a first value of a transmission characteristic to transmitting data packets in accordance with a second value of the transmission characteristic in response to the load level being below a first load threshold value.
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Abstract
An access terminal of a wireless communication system includes: an antenna; a transceiver; a load level monitor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive, from the transceiver via the antenna, and analyze indications of reverse link wireless network traffic load over a period of time in a region of the wireless network containing the access terminal; a load level module configured to combine the indications over the period of time to determine a load level associated with the access terminal; and a transmission module configured to cause the transceiver to change from transmitting data packets in accordance with a first value of a transmission characteristic to transmitting data packets in accordance with a second value of the transmission characteristic in response to the load level being below a first load threshold value.
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Citations
33 Claims
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1. An access terminal of a wireless communication system, the access terminal comprising:
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an antenna configured to transmit and receive wireless communications; a transceiver coupled to the antenna; a load level monitor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive, from the transceiver via the antenna, and analyze indications of reverse link wireless network traffic load over a period of time in a region of the wireless network containing the access terminal; a load level module communicatively coupled to the load level monitor and configured to combine the indications over the period of time to determine a load level associated with the access terminal; and a transmission module, communicatively coupled to the load level module and the transceiver, configured to cause the transceiver to change from transmitting data packets in accordance with a first value of a transmission characteristic to transmitting data packets in accordance with a second value of the transmission characteristic in response to the load level being below a first load threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A load-adaptive method of transmitting information in a wireless network from an access terminal, the method comprising:
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transmitting first data packets from the access terminal using a transmission characteristic of a first value; receiving, at the access terminal, indications of reverse link wireless network traffic load over a period of time in a region of the wireless network containing the access terminal; combining the indications over the period of time to determine a load level associated with the access terminal; determining whether the load level is below a first threshold load level; and transmitting second data packets from the access terminal using a transmission characteristic of a second value in response to the load level being determined to be below the first threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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- 11. The method of claim 11 wherein the second data packets are transmitted with a lower-delay termination target than the first packets.
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19. A computer program product comprising:
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a processor-readable medium storing processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to; transmit first data packets from an access terminal of a wireless communication network using a transmit power of a first value; receive indications of reverse link wireless network traffic load over a period of time in a region of the wireless communication network containing the access terminal; combine the indications over the period of time to determine a load level associated with the access terminal; and transmit second data packets from the access terminal using a transmit power of a second value, higher than the first value, in response to the load level being below the first threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An access terminal configured to provide a load-adaptive termination goal, the access terminal comprising:
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an antenna configured to transmit and receive wireless communications; a transceiver coupled to the antenna; transmitting means, communicatively coupled to the transceiver, for transmitting first data packets in accordance with a first termination goal in response to a traffic load of a wireless network associated with the access terminal being below a first threshold and for transmitting second data packets in accordance with a second termination goal in response to the traffic load of the wireless network being above a second threshold, the first termination goal being lower than the second termination goal. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. The access terminal further comprising load means, communicatively coupled to the transmitting means, for averaging indications over time of traffic load of the wireless network associated with the access terminal and providing an indication of the traffic load to the transmitting means.
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