Power control device and method for a mobile communication system

• US 6,757,537 B1
• Filed: 06/19/2000
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Jin-Woo, Ahn, Jae-Min, Kim, Young-GKy, Jeong, Joong-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Application Number:
  US09/596,467
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435, 455/436, 455/438, 455/561, 455/550, 455/522, 455/226.1, 455/226.2, 455/226.3, 455/67.1, 455/67.3, 455/517-519, 455/423, 455/442, 455/501, 455/435.1, 455/435.3, 455/67.11, 455/67.13, 370/320, 370/342, 370/335, 370/317
• US Class Current: 455/438
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/12 Outer and inner loops
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/20 using error rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/362 Aspects of the step size
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment

Abstract

A power control device and method in a mobile communication system. Upon receipt of a call request, a base station selects a call type corresponding to the call request. The base station includes a memory for storing power control parameter values for every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system. The base station reads a power control parameter value corresponding to the selected call type from the memory, and provides the read power control parameter value to the mobile station to perform outer loop power control.

Claims

1. A power control method in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a call request;

selecting a call type corresponding to the call request in a base station having an internal memory for storing power control parameter values for every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system;

reading a power control parameter value corresponding to the selected call type from the memory; and

transmitting the read power control parameter value to a mobile station to perform outer loop power control; and

performing, in the base station, outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value;

wherein the call type includes a call between mobile stations and a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone, where a wired telephone is a telephone with a wired connection to a telephone network.

2. The power control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call type is selected depending on a telephone number of a called party when a call request message is received from a mobile station, and a telephone number of a calling party when a call request is received from elsewhere.

3. The power control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power control parameter value providing step comprises the steps of:

reading, in the base station, a power control parameter value corresponding to a call between mobile stations from the internal memory, when the call type is a call between mobile stations;

reading, in the base station, a power control parameter value corresponding to a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone from the internal memory, when the call type is a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone;

applying, in the base station, the read power control parameter value to a service connect message; and

transmitting the service connect message to a mobile station.

4. The power control method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power control parameter value is comprised of a value for setting whether to perform outer loop power control, a target frame error rate (FER), a minimum value of transmission power, and a maximum value of transmission power.

5. The power control method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising the step of:

performing, in the base station, outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value.

6. A power control method in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving, in a mobile station, a call type from a base station, said mobile station having a memory for storing power control parameter values for every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system;

reading, in the mobile station, a power control parameter value corresponding to the received call type from the memory; and

performing outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value;

wherein the call type includes a call between mobile stations and a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone.

7. The power control method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the step of receiving the power control parameter values corresponding to a call type from the base station through a message before establishing a traffic channel to the base station, and storing the received power control parameter value in the internal memory.

8. The power control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message is transmitted over a paging channel.

9. The power control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message is transmitted over a forward access channel.

10. A power control method in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a call request from a mobile station;

selecting a call type corresponding to the call request in a base station having a memory for storing power control parameter values according to a call quality and every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system;

setting a call quality according to the call request of the mobile station;

reading a power control parameter value corresponding to the selected call type and the set call quality from the memory;

providing the read power control parameter value to the mobile station to perform outer loop power control; and

performing, in the base station, outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value;

wherein the call type includes a call between mobile stations and a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone, where a wired telephone is a telephone with a wired connection to a telephone network.

11. The power control method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the call type is selected depending on a telephone number of a party to which the mobile station is to be connected.

12. The power control method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the call quality includes a normal call and a high-quality call.

13. The power control method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the power control parameter value is comprised of a value for setting whether to perform outer loop power control, a target Frame Error Rate (FER), a minimum value of transmission power, and a maximum value of transmission power.

14. A power control device for a base station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a memory for storing power control parameter values for every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system;

a controller for reading, upon receipt of a call request, a power control parameter value for a call type corresponding to the call request from the memory; and

a message generator for applying the power control parameter value to a message under a control of the controller, and for transmitting the message to the mobile station; and

performing, in the base station, outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value;

wherein the call type includes a call between mobile stations and a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone, where a wired telephone is a telephone with a wired connection to a telephone network.

15. The power control device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the power control parameter value is comprised of a value for setting whether to perform outer loop power control, a target Frame Error Rate (FER), a minimum value of transmission power, and a maximum value of transmission power.

16. A power control device for a mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a memory for storing power control parameter values for every call type serviceable in the mobile communication system;

a controller for reading from the memory a power control parameter value corresponding to a call type received from a base station; and

a power controller for performing outer loop power control according to the read power control parameter value;

wherein the call type includes a call between mobile stations and a call between a mobile station and a wired telephone, where a wired telephone is a telephone with a wired connection to a telephone network.

17. The power control device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the power control parameter values stored in the memory are received from the base station over a paging channel.

18. The power control device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the power control parameter values stored in the memory are received from the base station over a forward access channel.