Uplink power control algorithm
First Claim
1. A method for determining an uplink transmit power level at which a mobile station transmits a current data block over a radio link to a base transceiver station, comprising:
- obtaining link quality measurements over a given measurement interval; and
applying the link quality measurements to bit error rate (BER)-based and block error rate (BLER)-based power step calculation techniques to determine how much to adjust the mobile station'"'"'s transmit power for transmitting the current block.
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Abstract
In a system having a base station transmitter for transmitting data blocks to one or more mobile stations over a radio link, there is a method for determining an uplink transmit power level at which to transmit a current data block over a radio link from the mobile to the base transmitter station. The method evaluates airlink quality measurements in the radio link over a measurement interval, wherein each time a message is sent to the mobile station, it is evaluated whether a specified number of uplink blocks have transmitted by the mobile station since the start of the measurement interval. Based on the evaluated airlink quality measurement, the method determines the uplink transmit power level that the mobile should be using for the current block, and adjusts the transmit power level, if necessary, for the current block.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for determining an uplink transmit power level at which a mobile station transmits a current data block over a radio link to a base transceiver station, comprising:
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obtaining link quality measurements over a given measurement interval; and
applying the link quality measurements to bit error rate (BER)-based and block error rate (BLER)-based power step calculation techniques to determine how much to adjust the mobile station'"'"'s transmit power for transmitting the current block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A base transceiver station (BTS) in a general packet radio system (GPRS), comprising:
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a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data packets to and from a plurality of mobile stations; and
a processor which determines the uplink transmit power to be used by at least one mobile station before transmitting its uplink block to the transceiver of the BTS, the processor including a power control application which obtains link quality measurements from a radio link established between a mobile station and the BTS over a given measurement interval, and which applies the link quality measurements to bit error rate (BER)-based and block error rate (BLER)-based powet step calculation techniques to dtermine how much to adjust the mobile station'"'"'s transmit power. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. In a general packet radio system (GPRS), a closed-loop power control method requiring interaction between a first algorithm and a second algorithm,
wherein the first algorithm informs the second algorithm about a weakest coding scheme that is to be used over an airlink, in a next measurement interval, between at least one target mobile station and a base station of the system, and wherein the second algorithm selects target mobile bit error rate (BER) or target mobile carrier-to-interference level (C/I) based on the information from the first algorithm, and sets a flag for when attenuation to be used in said next measurement interval exceeds a preset threshold.
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