Enhanced reverse link power control in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system serving at least one subscriber unit operating within a respective service, the wireless communication system comprising:
- a base station that provides wireless coverage within the service area, the base station establishing a forward link and a reverse link with the subscriber unit, communications transmitted to the subscriber unit on the forward link and communications received from the subscriber unit on the reverse link;
the base station, based upon system conditions and reverse link power control step sizes supported by the subscriber unit, selecting a reverse link power control step size for the subscriber unit;
the base station directing the subscriber unit to make adjustments to the power level of reverse link transmissions by a selected power control step size; and
based upon the power level of reverse link transmissions from the subscriber unit received by the base station, the base station periodically directing the subscriber unit to increment or decrement the power level of reverse link transmissions by the selected power control step size in an attempt to cause the reverse link transmissions to arrive at the base station at a desired power level.
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Abstract
An enhanced mechanism for the reverse link power control in a wireless communication system, especially for high speed data applications and fixed wireless communication applications, dynamically adjusts the power control step size of the reverse link power control. The power control step size is dynamically adjusted based on various factors including types of service, number of reverse supplemental code channels, total received power at the base station, estimated diversity gain and required mobility, among others. The system which includes stationary infrastructure, can query a subscriber unit'"'"'s capability in the support of a pre-defined set of power control step sizes before assigning it to the subscriber unit. Furthermore, the subscriber unit may decide its optimized power control step size based on certain feedbacks from the system. In a specific embodiment, enhancement to the ANSI EIA/TIA-95 system is provided such that it supports a variable subscriber unit power control step size and associated signaling in accord with this invention.
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38 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system serving at least one subscriber unit operating within a respective service, the wireless communication system comprising:
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a base station that provides wireless coverage within the service area, the base station establishing a forward link and a reverse link with the subscriber unit, communications transmitted to the subscriber unit on the forward link and communications received from the subscriber unit on the reverse link; the base station, based upon system conditions and reverse link power control step sizes supported by the subscriber unit, selecting a reverse link power control step size for the subscriber unit; the base station directing the subscriber unit to make adjustments to the power level of reverse link transmissions by a selected power control step size; and based upon the power level of reverse link transmissions from the subscriber unit received by the base station, the base station periodically directing the subscriber unit to increment or decrement the power level of reverse link transmissions by the selected power control step size in an attempt to cause the reverse link transmissions to arrive at the base station at a desired power level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25)
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16. A subscriber unit for use with a wireless communication system comprised of at least one base station that provides wireless coverage to the subscriber unit within a service area, the subscriber unit comprising of:
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a processing unit; a radio transceiver unit coupled to the processing unit that communicates with the base station on both a forward link and a reverse link, communications received by the subscriber unit from the base station on the forward link and communications transmitted by the subscriber unit to the base station on the reverse link, the radio transceiver unit capable of incrementing or decrementing the power level of transmissions on the reverse link by a plurality of supported power control step sizes; the subscriber unit receiving a selected power control step size from the base station that was selected by the base station based upon system conditions and the plurality of power control step sizes supported by the subscriber unit; and the subscriber unit periodically incrementing or decrementing the power level of transmissions on the reverse link by the selected reverse link power control step, the incrementing or decrementing performed in an attempt to cause the transmissions on the reverse link to arrive at the base station at desired power levels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27)
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28. A method of operating a wireless communication system that serves at least one subscriber unit operating in a service area, the method comprising:
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establishing a forward link and a reverse link between a base station and a subscriber unit, communications transmitted to the subscriber unit from the base station on the forward link and communications transmitted to the base station from the subscriber unit on the reverse link; selecting, by the base station, a power control step size for the subscriber unit based upon system conditions and power control step sizes supported by the subscriber unit; the base station directing the subscriber unit to use the selected power control step size for subsequent adjustments of the power level of transmissions on the reverse link; and the base station periodically directing the subscriber unit to increment or decrement the power level of transmissions on the reverse link by the selected power control step size to cause the transmissions on the reverse link to arrive at the base station at desired power levels. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A base station that supports wireless communications with a subscriber unit, the base station comprising:
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a subscriber unit interface that supports forward link transmissions to the subscriber unit and the receipt of reverse link transmissions from the subscriber unit; a reverse link power control step size determination unit that, based upon power control step size capabilities of the subscriber unit and system conditions, determines a reverse link power control step size to be employed by the subscriber unit; the base station directing the subscriber unit to increment or decrement the power of reverse link transmissions by the reverse link power control step size; and based upon the power level of reverse link transmissions from the subscriber unit received by the base station, the base station periodically directing the subscriber unit to increment or decrement the power level of reverse link transmissions by the selected power control step size in an attempt to cause the reverse link transmissions to arrive at the base station at a desired power level.
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