Method of supporting power control on a DCCH in a base station transceiver system and a base station controller

• US 6,728,551 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2001
• Issued: 04/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US09/843,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20020012326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522, 455/69, 455/68, 455/70, 455/453, 455/524, 455/561, 370/328, 370/252, 370/335, 370/342, 370/337, 370/329, 370/318
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/20 using error rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/287 when the channel is in stand-by
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/54 Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers

Abstract

There is provided a method of transmitting power control information to a BSC (Base Station Controller) in a BTS (Base station Transceiver System) of a mobile communication system. The BTS receives forward power control (FPC) mode information indicating a low power control from the BSC and transmits the FPC mode information to an MS (Mobile Station). Then, the BTS extracts a QIB (Quality Indicator Bit) that is a power control command in a frame period from a reverse pilot channel received from the MS according to the FPC mode information and determines the status of the QIB. The BTS transmits information requesting the BSC to change a threshold for a power control on a forward DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) based on the determined QIB status to the BSC.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting power control information to a BSC (Base Station Controller) in a BTS (Base station Transceiver System) of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving forward power control (FPC) mode information indicating a low power control from the BSC and transmitting the FPC mode information to an MS (Mobile Station);

extracting a QIB (Quality Indicator Bit) that is a power control command from a reverse pilot channel received from the MS according to the FPC mode information;

determining the status of the QIB; and

transmitting information requesting the BSC to change a threshold for a power control on a forward DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) based on the determined QIB status to the BSC.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving FPC mode information indicating a fast power control from the BSC and transmitting the FPC mode information to the MS;

extracting a PCB (Power Control Bit) in every predetermined period from the reverse pilot channel received from the MS according to the FPC mode information; and

performing a fast forward power control according to the extracted PCB.

3. A method of transmitting power control information to a BSC in a BTS of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

detecting a DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) period by measuring the energy of a DCCH frame received from an MS;

determining reception status by measuring the energy of a PCB on a reverse pilot channel if the DTX is detected;

determining FQI (Frame Quality Indicator) information according to the determined reception status; and

transmitting the FQI information to the BSC.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of determining reception status comprises the steps of:

comparing the measured energy with a predetermined threshold;

determining that the reception status is good if the energy is greater than the threshold; and

determining that the reception status is bad if the energy is less than the threshold.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of determining reception status comprises the steps of:

determining an FER (Frame Error Rate) corresponding to the measured energy;

generating a random number in a predetermined range;

determining that the reception status is good if the random number is greater than the FER; and

determining that the reception status is bad if the random number is less than the FER.

6. A method of transmitting power control information to a BTS in a BSC of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

checking FQI information in the latest reverse DCCH message received from the BSC if the frame content of the reverse message indicates a null frame;

determining a reverse link power control threshold based on the FQI information; and

transmitting a forward DCCH message with the threshold to the BTS.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of setting power control information requesting the MS to increase transmission power in the forward DCCH message and transmitting the forward DCCH message to the BTS if the frame content of the reverse message indicates an erasure frame.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of setting the power control information of the reverse message in the forward DCCH message and transmitting the forward DCCH message to the BTS if the frame content of the reverse message indicates a data frame.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of setting an initial value for the reverse link power control in the forward DCCH message and transmitting the forward DCCH message to the BTS if the frame content of the reverse message indicates an idle frame.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of setting information for a slow forward power control in the forward DCCH message and transmitting the forward DCCH message to the BTS if the frame content of the forward DCCH message indicates a null frame.

11. A method of transmitting power control information to a BTS in a BSC of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a reverse DCCH message from the BTS;

extracting QIB information from the reverse DCCH message;

determining a threshold for a slow forward power control based on the QIB information; and

transmitting a forward DCCH message including the slow forward power control threshold to the BTS.

12. A method of transmitting power control information to a BSC in a BTS of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving FPC mode information indicating a slow power control from the BSC and transmitting the FPC mode information to an MS; and

extracting a QIB that is a power control command in a frame period from a reverse pilot channel received from the MS according to the FPC mode information and transmitting the QIB to the BSC.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of receiving a threshold for a forward power control that is determined based on the QIB from the BSC.

14. A method of transmitting power control information to a BSC in a BTS of a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

extracting power control information from a radio frame received from an MS according to a set FPC mode;

performing a fast power control if the extracted power control information is a PCB and resetting a predetermined first field in a reverse DCCH message;

performing a slow power control if the extracted power control information is a QIB and setting the first field to a QIB status value in the reverse DCCH message;

setting a predetermined second field in the reverse DCCH message according to the energy measurement of the extracted power control information; and

transmitting the reverse DCCH message to the BSC.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second field is FQI (Frame Quality Indicator) information.