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Discrete power level coding for indicating uplink mobile receive level in a wireless repeater system

  • US 7,020,436 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2000
  • Issued: 03/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1999
  • Status: Expired
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1. In a wireless cellular communication system having a base transceiver station located within a home cell and at least one substantially adjacent cell having a repeater located therein, a method for managing a plurality of mobile transceiver units, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at said repeater a signal from a mobile transceiver unit on an uplink communication channel;

    measuring at said repeater a power level of said signal as received by said repeater; and

    transmitting a backhaul signal from said repeater to said base transceiver station on a backhaul communication link, wherein said backhaul signal is selectively transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels, each of said discrete power levels representing a coded indication of said power level as measured by said repeater.

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