Duplex power control system in a communication network
First Claim
1. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power regulation system, comprising:
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mobile receiving means for receiving a composite signal formed from signals transmitted from said base station to all of said plurality of mobiles, each transmitted signal intended for one of said mobiles, and for determining corresponding signal strength values for each received signal in said composite signal and,means, connected to said mobile receiving means, for computing from said signal strength values a desired mobile transmitter power level, andsaid base station including;
base station receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from said plurality of mobiles and for measuring their corresponding signal strength values, andmeans for modifying power levels of signal transmissions to said mobiles based on said measured signal strength values so that each of said mobile receiving means receives its intended signal with substantially equal signal quality and said base station receiving means receives said mobile transmitted signals with substantially equal signal quality.
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Abstract
Measurements of mobile signal strength received at the base station are used to determine the portion of power that should be transmitted by the base station to a particular mobile. Each of a plurality of mobiles measure the relative strength of the base station signal specifically intended for that mobile. The relative strength is compared to either the total base station signal power or to a cumulative ranking of the power of signals intended for other mobiles. That comparison is used to determine whether the mobile should increase or decrease its power.
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33 Claims
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1. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power regulation system, comprising:
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each mobile including; mobile receiving means for receiving a composite signal formed from signals transmitted from said base station to all of said plurality of mobiles, each transmitted signal intended for one of said mobiles, and for determining corresponding signal strength values for each received signal in said composite signal and, means, connected to said mobile receiving means, for computing from said signal strength values a desired mobile transmitter power level, and said base station including; base station receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from said plurality of mobiles and for measuring their corresponding signal strength values, and means for modifying power levels of signal transmissions to said mobiles based on said measured signal strength values so that each of said mobile receiving means receives its intended signal with substantially equal signal quality and said base station receiving means receives said mobile transmitted signals with substantially equal signal quality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system, comprising:
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each mobile having a transmitter; and said base station having means for altering base transmitter power transmitted to each mobile to produce, for each mobile, a corresponding base station transmitter power that is a desired proportion of total base transmitter power and thereby to instruct each mobile to regulate its mobile transmitter power, wherein an increase in said corresponding base station transmitter power in proportion to total base transmitter power indicates to a corresponding mobile that said corresponding mobile is to increase its mobile transmitter power.
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17. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system, comprising:
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each mobile having a transmitter; and said base station having means for altering base transmitter power transmitted to each mobile to produce, for each mobile, a corresponding base station transmitter power that is a desired proportion of total base transmitter power and thereby to instruct each mobile to regulate its mobile transmitter power, wherein said altering means includes means for determining, for each mobile, said desired proportion that will equalize signal power levels received at said base station from each of said mobile.
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18. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system, comprising:
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each mobile having a transmitter; and said base station having means for altering base transmitter power transmitted to each mobile to produce, for each mobile, a corresponding base station transmitter power that is a desired proportion of total base transmitter power and thereby to instruct each mobile to regulate its mobile transmitter power, wherein each mobile further comprises; means for detecting alterations in received signal strength of a corresponding signal transmitted to said mobile in proportion to total signal strength of all signals received from said base station, and means for changing said mobile transmitter power based on said detected alternations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system, comprising:
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each mobile having a transmitter; and said base station having means for altering base transmitter power transmitted to each mobile to produce, for each mobile, a corresponding base station transmitter power that is a desired proportion of total base transmitter power and thereby to instruct each mobile to regulate its mobile transmitter power, wherein each mobile includes; a receiver; means, coupled to said receiver, for detecting periods of silence in communications from said base station to any mobile; and means, coupled to said detecting means and to aid receiver, for deactivating processing by said receiver of any signal detected to be silent.
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24. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system, comprising:
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each mobile having a transmitter; and said base station having means for altering base transmitter power transmitted to each mobile to produce, for each mobile, a corresponding base station transmitter power that is a desired proportion of total base transmitter power and thereby to instruct each mobile to regulate its mobile transmitter power, wherein the system further comprises; means for achieving approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles, and means for regulating the power of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratio at each mobile from said base station.
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25. In a communications system including at least one base station an a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system comprising:
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means for regulating the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at each mobile from said base station, and means responsive to the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station for adjusting the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles, wherein said adjusting means increases the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station in response to an increase in power level of signal transmissions from said base station.
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26. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system comprising:
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means for regulating the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at each mobile from said base station, and means responsive to the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station for adjusting the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles, wherein each mobile includes; a receiver; means for detecting periods of silence in communications from said base station to any mobile; and means for deactivating processing by said mobile receiver of any signal detected to be silent.
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27. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system comprising:
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means for regulating the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at each mobile from said base station, and means responsive to the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station for adjusting the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles, wherein each mobile further comprises; means for detecting signal strengths of signals transmitted from said base station intended for each mobile; and means, coupled to said signal strength detecting means, for ranking said detected signal strengths in order to relative signal strength from greatest to weakest signal strength, wherein said adjusting means adjusts the power level of signal transmissions from each mobile based on said relative signal strength ranking. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system comprising:
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means for regulating the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at each mobile from said base station, and means responsive to the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station for adjusting the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles wherein said regulating means includes means for computing a power level for each mobile as a function of a ratio of each mobile'"'"'s signal strength value to a mean of other mobile'"'"'s signal strength values.
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32. In a communications system including at least one base station and a plurality of mobiles for communicating with said at least one base station, a power control system comprising:
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means for regulating the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at each mobile from said base station, and means responsive to the power levels of signal transmissions from said base station for adjusting the power level of signals transmitted from said mobiles to said base station to achieve approximately the same signal-to-interference ratios at said base station for all of said mobiles, wherein each mobile includes; means for storing in table form a non-linear power distribution function, and means for determining a mobile transmitter power based on said non-linear function. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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