Transmission power control method and a transmission power control apparatus

• US 5,590,409 A
• Filed: 05/11/1995
• Issued: 12/31/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Sawahashi, Mamoru, Adachi, Fumiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US08/439,463
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 455/69, 455/70, 455/67.1, 455/38.3, 455/123, 455/33.1, 455/54.1, 455/56.1, 455/88, 455/67.3, 455/63, 455/68, 370/18, 375/200
• US Class Current: 455/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/08 Closed loop power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/10 Open loop power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/228 using past power values or information

Abstract

A transmission power control method of a mobile station in a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which primarily controls transmission power of the mobile station by using a closed loop control which enables high accuracy power control. When the received power at the base station of a signal from the mobile station suddenly increases owing to the state of buildings surrounding the mobile station, the transmission power of the mobile station must be quickly reduced to prevent the interference to other mobile stations. The mobile station measures an average value of the received power per transmission power control period of a desired signal from the base station, and detects the difference ΔRSSI between the current average value and that of one of the previous transmission power control periods. If ΔRSSI exceeds a reference power difference ΔP_th, transmission power P_T corresponding to ΔRSSI is set by using an open loop transmission power control to quickly reduce the transmission power of the mobile station. If ΔRSSI is lower than ΔP_th, the transmission power P_T is determined in accordance with the transmission power control bit sent from the base station.

Claims

1. A transmission power control method for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said method comprising the steps of:

measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station;

detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods;

deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference;

setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.

2. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

calculating, at the base station, an SIR (Signal-to-Interference Ratio) of received power of a desired signal sent from the mobile station to a sum of interference power from other mobile stations and thermal noise power;

deciding whether said SIR is greater than a reference value predetermined for satisfying a predetermined transmission quality; and

inserting said transmission power control bit periodically into a forward (from base station to mobile station) frame in accordance with a result of decision at the preceding step of deciding.

3. A transmission power control apparatus for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said apparatus comprising:

means for measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station;

means for detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods;

means for deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference;

means for setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.

4. The transmission power control apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

means for calculating, at the base station, an SIR (Signal-to-Interference Ratio) of received power of a desired signal sent from the mobile station to a sum of interference power from other mobile stations and thermal noise power;

means for deciding whether said SIR is greater than a reference value predetermined for satisfying a predetermined transmission quality; and

means for inserting said transmission power control bit periodically into a forward (from base station to mobile station) frame in accordance with a result of decision at the preceding step of deciding.