Outer-loop power control for wireless communication systems
First Claim
1. A method for controlling power in a wireless communication system having multiple reverse-link communication channels, the method comprising:
- adjusting power levels of a first set of channels and a corresponding pilot channel according to a fixed ratio, the first set of channels including at least one traffic channel; and
adjusting one or more traffic-to-pilot (T/P) ratios for one or more additional traffic channels independently of the power level of the pilot channel, the adjusting power levels and the adjusting one or more T/P ratios being performed by a single base station for a single mobile station.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling power in a wireless communication system having multiple reverse-link channels. One embodiment comprises adjusting power levels of a first set of channels and a corresponding pilot channel while maintaining a set traffic-to-pilot (T/P) ratio between them, and adjusting T/P ratios for one or more remaining channels independently of the power level of the pilot channel. A base station determines whether frames received on the first set of channels contain errors and sends messages to a mobile station to increment or decrement the power levels, respectively, if the frames do or do not contain errors. T/P ratios of the additional channels are adjusted by determining whether frames received on the additional channels contain errors, incrementing or decrementing the T/P ratios appropriately, and transmitting the T/P ratios to the mobile station, which controls the transmission parameters for the respective channels in accordance with the received T/P ratios.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for controlling power in a wireless communication system having multiple reverse-link communication channels, the method comprising:
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adjusting power levels of a first set of channels and a corresponding pilot channel according to a fixed ratio, the first set of channels including at least one traffic channel; and adjusting one or more traffic-to-pilot (T/P) ratios for one or more additional traffic channels independently of the power level of the pilot channel, the adjusting power levels and the adjusting one or more T/P ratios being performed by a single base station for a single mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for controlling power in a wireless communication system having multiple reverse-link communication channels, comprising:
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a base station; and a mobile station coupled to the base station via a wireless communication link; wherein the base station is configured to receive data from the mobile station on a plurality of reverse-link channels on the wireless communication link; and wherein the base station is configured to adjust a power level for a first set of reverse-link channels including at least one traffic channel and a power level for a pilot channel according to a fixed ratio, and to separately adjust a traffic-to-pilot (T/P) ratio for each of one or more additional reverse-link traffic channels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A base station operable to communicate with a mobile station via a wireless communication channel, wherein the base station comprises:
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a processing subsystem; and a transceiver subsystem coupled to the processing subsystem; wherein the transceiver subsystem is configured to receive signals on a first set of reverse-link channels including at least one traffic channel, a pilot channel, and one or more additional reverse-link traffic channels; and wherein the processing subsystem is configured to adjust a power level for the first set of reverse-link channels and a power level for the pilot channel according to a fixed ratio, and to separately adjust a traffic-to-pilot (T/P) ratio for each of the one or more additional reverse-link traffic channels. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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