Method of performing power control in a mobile communication system

• US 7,515,923 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2002
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hong, Chang Woo, Lee, Young Jo
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung; Nay A
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US10/329,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20030125068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,293 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522, 455/69, 455/67.11, 455/126, 455/13.4, 455/517, 455/13.1, 455/67.1, 455/226.1, 455/226.3, 370/318
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/12 Outer and inner loops
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/20 using error rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/24 using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/267 taking into account the information rate

Abstract

A method of performing power control in a mobile communication system is disclosed. In the method, power control information is transmitted to a terminal by using a terminal power control threshold of the terminal being changed in due consideration of a communication circumstance in case of that a high-speed data transmission terminal is scheduled during receiving low-speed and voice data from the terminal.

Claims

1. A method for performing power control in a communication system, the method comprising:

adjusting a predetermined power control threshold value for a first mobile communication terminal for low rate data or voice data based on a communication environment condition of a second mobile communication terminal for higher rate data than a predetermined rate data, in case that the second mobile communication terminal is scheduled for a next frame; and

transmitting a power control command to the first mobile communication terminal, the transmitted power control command being based on the adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication environment condition is at least one of an interference degree raised by the second mobile communication terminal, an available transmission power, or a condition of a reverse link.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the power control threshold value is a ratio of a received signal power to a noise signal power.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile communication terminal and the second mobile communication terminal are in a same service area served by a same base station.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the predetermined power control threshold value is conducted at least one frame before the transmission of the second mobile communication terminal.

6. A method for performing power control in a communication system, the method comprising:

adjusting a predetermined power control threshold value for a first mobile communication terminal according to a frame quality value of a received frame;

re-adjusting the adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value for the first mobile communication terminal based on a communication environment condition of a second mobile communication terminal for higher rate data than a predetermined rate data, in case that the second mobile communication terminal is scheduled for a next frame; and

transmitting a power control command to the first mobile communication terminal based on the re-adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the communication environment condition is at least one of an interference degree raised by the second mobile communication terminal, an available transmission power of the second mobile communication terminal, or a condition of a reverse link.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value varies according to a predetermined frame error rate.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein re-adjusting the predetermined power control threshold value is conducted at least one frame before the transmission of the second mobile communication terminal.

10. A method for performing power control in a communication system, the method comprising:

comparing a group quality value of at least one power control group of a frame received from a first mobile communication terminal requiring a lower rate data than a predetermined rate data with a predetermined group quality value;

transmitting a first power control command according to a result of the comparing;

adjusting a predetermined power control threshold value according to a frame quality value of the received frame;

re-adjusting the adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value based on a communication environment condition of a second mobile communication terminal requiring a higher rate data than the predetermined rate data, in case that the second mobile communication terminal is scheduled for a next frame; and

transmitting a second power control command to the first mobile communication terminal based on the re-adjusted-predetermined power control threshold value.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication environment condition is at least one of an interference degree raised by the second mobile communication terminal, an available transmission power, or a condition of a reverse link.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusted power control threshold value varies according to a predetermined frame error rate.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the power control commands increase/decrease/maintain at a predetermined amount.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein re-adjusting the predetermined power control threshold value is conducted at least one frame before the second mobile communication terminal starts transmitting.

15. A mobile communication system, the system comprising:

a base station for generating a power control command based on a power control threshold value for a first mobile communication terminal, the power control command being adjusted according to a communication environment condition of a second mobile communication terminal requiring a higher rate date than a predetermined rate data in case that the second mobile communication terminal is scheduled for a next frame, the second mobile communication terminal being different than the first mobile communication terminal; and

the first mobile communication terminal transmitting corresponding data based on the power control command to the base station after a predetermined time.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the communication environment condition is at least one of an interference degree raised by the second mobile communication terminal, an available transmission power, or a condition of a reverse link.

17. A method for performing power control in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting power control information to a first mobile communication terminal by using a terminal power control threshold of the first mobile communication terminal, the terminal power control threshold having been changed based on a communication environment of a second mobile communication terminal for requiring high-speed data transmission, in case that the second mobile communication terminal is scheduled for a next frame.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the terminal power control threshold is changed after receiving at least one frame, based on the communication environment of the second mobile communication terminal.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the communication environment is determined by an interference signal level of the second mobile communication terminal, a location, a transmittable power, and a channel state of a reverse link.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the first mobile communication terminal and the second mobile communication terminal are in a same service area served by a same base station.