System and method for fluid power control of a reverse link communication
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1. A method for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal comprising:
- receiving a reverse activity bit;
passing said reverse activity bit to a first digital filter to produce a filtered reverse activity bit;
determining a continuous fluid power level based on said filtered reverse activity bit; and
determining the data rate based on said continuous fluid power level.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal includes receiving a reverse activity bit (RAB) from an access network in the communication system, and passing the RAB to multiple digital filters to produce filtered RABs. The reverse link data rate is determined based on these filtered values of the RABs. From the filtered RAB values a continuous fluid power level is determined each rate update. The access terminal maps the continuous fluid power level to actual physical transmissions by dithering among discrete power levels allowed by the physical layer.
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1. A method for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal comprising:
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receiving a reverse activity bit; passing said reverse activity bit to a first digital filter to produce a filtered reverse activity bit; determining a continuous fluid power level based on said filtered reverse activity bit; and determining the data rate based on said continuous fluid power level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal comprising:
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means for receiving a reverse activity bit; means for passing the reverse activity bit to a digital filter to produce a filtered reverse activity bit; means for determining a continuous fluid power level based on said filtered reverse activity bit; and means for determining the data rate based on said continuous fluid power level.
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21. An apparatus for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal comprising:
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a receive subsystem for receiving a reverse activity bit; and a processor for applying a digital filter to said reverse activity bit to produce a filtered reverse activity bit, determining a continuous fluid power level based on said filtered reverse activity bit, and determining a data rate based on said continuous fluid power level.
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22. A computer readable media embodying a method for determining a data rate, the method comprising:
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receiving a reverse activity bit; passing the reverse activity bit to a digital filter to produce a filtered reverse activity bit; determining a continuous fluid power level based on said filtered reverse activity bit; and determining the data rate based on said continuous fluid power level.
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