Method and apparatus for a control channel power allocation in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method of allocating power to remote station specific control channels, the method comprising:
- A) sorting a plurality of access terminals in an order of increasing required medium access control (MAC) channel power into a plurality of bins;
B) if two or more access terminals have equal required MAC channel power, sorting the access terminals with equal required MAC channel power in an order of decreasing forward link signal to interference and noise ratio (FL_SINR);
C) determining total available ARQ power based upon total MAC channel power, total power allocated to reverse power control (RPC) channels, and total power allocated to reverse activity bit (RAB) channels;
D) comparing the total available ARQ power to total required ARQ power of the access terminals; and
E) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power of the access terminals in response to step D),a) reducing power allocation to users in one of the bins with highest required ARQ power in a predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is reached;
b) reducing power allocation to users in each of remaining ones of the bins in a decreasing order of required ARQ power in the predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is achieved; and
c) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power, repeating steps a) and b) until the total available ARQ power is greater than or equal to the total required ARQ power.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for a control channel power allocation in a communication system are disclosed. The method of control channel power allocation in an embodiment includes sorting a plurality of access terminals in an order of increasing required medium access control (MAC) channel power into a plurality of bins, sorting the access terminals with equal required MAC channel power in an order of decreasing forward link signal to interference and noise ratio (FL_SINR) if two or more access terminals have equal required MAC channel power, and determining total available ARQ power based upon total MAC channel power, total power allocated to reverse power control (RPC) channels, and total power allocated to reverse activity bit (RAB) channels.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of allocating power to remote station specific control channels, the method comprising:
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A) sorting a plurality of access terminals in an order of increasing required medium access control (MAC) channel power into a plurality of bins; B) if two or more access terminals have equal required MAC channel power, sorting the access terminals with equal required MAC channel power in an order of decreasing forward link signal to interference and noise ratio (FL_SINR); C) determining total available ARQ power based upon total MAC channel power, total power allocated to reverse power control (RPC) channels, and total power allocated to reverse activity bit (RAB) channels; D) comparing the total available ARQ power to total required ARQ power of the access terminals; and E) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power of the access terminals in response to step D), a) reducing power allocation to users in one of the bins with highest required ARQ power in a predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is reached; b) reducing power allocation to users in each of remaining ones of the bins in a decreasing order of required ARQ power in the predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is achieved; and c) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power, repeating steps a) and b) until the total available ARQ power is greater than or equal to the total required ARQ power. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for allocating power to remote station specific control channels, comprising:
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A) a first set of the instructions for sorting a plurality of access terminals in an order of increasing required medium access control (MAC) channel power into a plurality of bins; B) if two or more access terminals have equal required MAC channel power, a second set of the instructions for sorting the access terminals with equal required MAC channel power in an order of decreasing forward link signal to interference and noise ratio (FL_SINR); C) a third set of the instructions for determining total available ARQ power based upon total MAC channel power, total power allocated to reverse power control (RPC) channels, and total power allocated to reverse activity bit (RAB) channels; D) a fourth set of the instructions for comparing the total available ARQ power to total required ARQ power of the access terminals; and E) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power of the access terminals in response to step D), a) a fifth set of the instructions for reducing power allocation to users in one of the bins with highest required ARQ power in a predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is reached; b) a sixth set of the instructions for reducing power allocation to users in each of remaining ones of the bins in a decreasing order of required ARQ power in the predetermined increment until a predetermined maximum reduction is achieved; and c) if the total available ARQ power is less than the total required ARQ power, a seventh set of the instructions for repeating steps a) and b) until the total available ARQ power is greater than or equal to the total required ARQ power. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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