Boosting a signal-to-interference ratio of a mobile station
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a mobile station, attempting to decode an encoded data packet after each of one or more time slots in which the encoded data packet has been transmitted to the mobile station in a first sector of a cell of a communication system;
during one or more of the time slots in which the data packet has been transmitted to the mobile station in the first sector, reducing transmission power in a second sector of the cell from a first power level to a second power level;
when the decoding of the data packet is successful, transmitting by the mobile station of an acknowledgment; and
in response to the acknowledgement, ceasing transmission of the data packet in the first sector and restoring transmission power in the second sector of the cell to the first power level in subsequent time slots.
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Abstract
Techniques for transmitting encoded data packets to one or more mobile stations in a communication system including a cell that has sectors serving at least partially different geographic areas. The techniques include transmitting in a first sector an encoded data packet in one or more time slots to a mobile station; reducing transmission power in a second sector during one or more of the time slots in which the first sector transmits the data packet to the mobile station; decoding at the mobile station the encoded data packet after each time slot; transmitting by the mobile station a signal indicating acknowledgment of the packet reception when the decoding of the packet is successful; and in response to receiving the acknowledgement signal, ceasing transmission of the data packet in the first sector in subsequent time slots.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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at a mobile station, attempting to decode an encoded data packet after each of one or more time slots in which the encoded data packet has been transmitted to the mobile station in a first sector of a cell of a communication system; during one or more of the time slots in which the data packet has been transmitted to the mobile station in the first sector, reducing transmission power in a second sector of the cell from a first power level to a second power level; when the decoding of the data packet is successful, transmitting by the mobile station of an acknowledgment; and in response to the acknowledgement, ceasing transmission of the data packet in the first sector and restoring transmission power in the second sector of the cell to the first power level in subsequent time slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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