Mobile communication terminal and transmission power control method therefor

• US 6,335,923 B2
• Filed: 03/03/1997
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kubo, Tokurou, Nakamura, Satoshi, Obuchi, Kazuhisa, Sawada, Kensuke, Minowa, Morihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US08/810,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20010010686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,765 Days
• Field of Search: 455/69, 455/522, 455/441, 455/314, 455/38.3, 370/318, 370/252, 370/332, 370/342, 370/320, 370/335, 370/441, 370/479, 370/311, 375/200, 375/144
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/282 taking into account the speed of the mobile

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station. The mobile communication terminal is provided with a moving speed inferring unit which infers a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal, and a transmission power controller which varies a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed of the mobile communication terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal which receives a series of control commands each of which is transmitted within a predetermined time interval on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit inferring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a value to be controlled of the transmission power corresponding to a single control command of the control commands depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit.

2. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, wherein said moving speed inferring unit infers the moving speed based on a number of times a reception level on the down-link per unit link crosses a reference level.

3. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, wherein said moving speed inferring unit infers the moving speed based on an accumulated value of fluctuation values of a reception level on the down-link per unit time.

4. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, wherein said moving speed inferring unit includes means for sampling fluctuations of a reception level on the down-link at predetermined sampling intervals, and means for inferring the moving speed based on a number of times the fluctuations exceed a threshold value per unit time.

5. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein said moving speed inferring unit further includes means for changing the predetermined sampling intervals.

6. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, wherein;

said up-link and said down-link employ a direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA), and said moving speed inferring unit infers the moving speed based on one of a signal level which is obtained by subjecting a received signal on the down-link to a reverse spread and a correlation value of the received signal and a spread code.

7. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, wherein;

said up-link and said down-link employ a direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA),

a pilot signal is transmitted on the down-link, and

said moving speed inferring unit infers the moving speed based on a frequency change of a pilot signal which is obtained by subjecting a received signal to a reverse spread and a demodulation.

8. A mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit interring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal;

a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit;

a rake receiver; and

a varying width determination unit determining a varying width of the transmission power based on the moving speed inferred by said moving speed inferring unit and a path number of the down-link obtained in said rake receiver and a path level ratio of reception levels in the paths.

9. A transmission power control method adapted to a mobile communication terminal which receives a control command transmitted on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal including a moving speed inferring unit inferring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal, and a transmission power controller varying a varying width of the transmission power depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit, said transmission power control method comprising the steps of:

(a) employing a direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) on the up-link and the down-link and transmitting a pilot signal on the up-link using an extrapolation technique;

(b) varying, in said transmission power controller, a ratio of transmission powers of a pilot transmission signal and an information data transmission signal on the up-link depending on the moving speed inferred by said moving speed inferring unit; and

(c) accumulating, in the base station, control commands to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal and varying a passing bandwidth of a filter which is provided with respect to a reverse spread pilot signal on the up-link depending on an accumulated value.

10. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) inferring, in said moving speed inferring unit, the moving speed based on a number of times a reception level on the down-link per unit link crosses a reference level.

11. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) inferring, in said moving speed inferring unit, the moving speed based on an accumulated value of fluctuation values of a reception level on the down-link per unit time.

12. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) sampling, in said moving speed inferring unit, fluctuations of a reception level on the down-link at predetermined sampling intervals; and

(e) inferring, in said moving speed inferring unit, the moving speed based on a number of times the fluctuations exceed a threshold value per unit time.

13. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 12, which further comprises the steps of:

(f) changing, in said moving speed inferring unit, the predetermined sampling intervals.

14. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) inferring, in said moving speed inferring unit, the moving speed based on one of a signal level which is obtained by subjecting a received signal on the down-link to a reverse spread and a correlation value of the received signal and a spread code.

15. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) inferring, in said moving speed inferring unit, the moving speed based on a frequency change of a pilot signal which is obtained by subjecting a received signal to a reverse spread and a demodulation.

16. The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 9, which further comprises the steps of:

(d) determining a varying width of the transmission power based on the moving speed inferred by said moving speed inferring unit and a path number of the down-link obtained in a rake receiver of the mobile communication terminal and a path level ratio of reception levels in the paths.

17. A mobile communication terminal which receives a series of a control commands each of which is transmitted within a predetermined time interval on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so the a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit inferring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller controlling a varying width of a value of the transmission power corresponding to a single control command of the control commands depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit.

18. A mobile communication terminal which receives a series of transmission power control commands each of which is transmitted within a predetermined interval on a down-link from a base station and controls a transmission power so that a reception state on an up-link becomes approximately constant at the base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

a moving speed inferring unit inferring a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal; and

a transmission power controller varying a controlling width of a value of the transmission power corresponding to a single control command of the control commands depending on the moving speed inferred in said moving speed inferring unit.