Power control in a communication network and method
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1. A method for controlling wireless coverage in a wireless network with a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme, comprising the steps of:
- detecting transmissions with respect to a predetermined quality level;
adjusting a transmission power level in a connection point to a minimum transmit power Pminap by determining a carrier sensing distance from the connection point using an estimation of a distance to a remotest mobile station associated with the connection point to enable essentially all mobile station or stations within a cell to detect transmissions from said connection point;
adjusting a transmission power level of each mobile station to a minimum transmit power Pminms where the Pminms is set to the minimum transmit power Pminap plus a margin M where the margin M is set only large enough to enable said mobile station or stations to detect transmissions from the other mobile stations within the cell.
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Abstract
In a wireless network using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme is provided a method, system, devices and instruction sets for detecting transmission levels and adjusting the transmission levels for both a connection point and mobile stations within the network in order to reduce power consumption in network devices and minimize interference problems while keeping hidden node problems on a controlled level.
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1. A method for controlling wireless coverage in a wireless network with a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme, comprising the steps of:
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detecting transmissions with respect to a predetermined quality level;
adjusting a transmission power level in a connection point to a minimum transmit power Pminap by determining a carrier sensing distance from the connection point using an estimation of a distance to a remotest mobile station associated with the connection point to enable essentially all mobile station or stations within a cell to detect transmissions from said connection point;adjusting a transmission power level of each mobile station to a minimum transmit power Pminms where the Pminms is set to the minimum transmit power Pminap plus a margin M where the margin M is set only large enough to enable said mobile station or stations to detect transmissions from the other mobile stations within the cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless network with a carrier sense•
- multiple access (CSMA) scheme, said network comprising;
a connection point in connection with a packet based network;
at least one mobile station associated with said connection point;
wherein said connection point and said at least one mobile station comprise detection means arranged to detect transmissions with respect to a predetermined quality level, said connection point is arranged with power level adjustment means to adjust a transmission power level to a minimum transmit power Pminap by determining a carrier sensing distance from the connection point using an estimation of a distance to a remotest mobile station associated with the connection point to enable essentially all mobile stations within a cell to detect transmissions from said connection point, and each mobile station is arranged to adjust a transmission power level to a minimum transmit power Pminms where the Pminms is set to the minimum transmit power Pminap plus a margin M where the margin M is set only large enough to enable one or several mobile stations to detect transmissions from the other mobile stations within the cell. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- multiple access (CSMA) scheme, said network comprising;
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27. A wireless network system with a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme, said network comprising:
a connection point in connection with a packet based network;
at least one mobile station associated with said access point; and
wherein said connection point and said at least one mobile station are arranged to detect transmissions with respect to a predetermined quality level, said connection point being arranged to adjust a transmission power level to a minimum transmit power Pminap by determining a carrier sensing distance from the connection point using an estimation of a distance to a remotest mobile station associated with the connection point in response to said detection of transmission with respect to said predetermined quality level to enable essentially all mobile stations within a cell to detect transmissions from said connection point, and each mobile station being arranged to adjust a transmission power level to a minimum transmit power Pminms in response to said detection with respect to said predetermined quality level where the Pminms is set to the minimum transmit power Pminap plus a margin M where the margin M is set only large enough to enable mobile stations to detect transmissions from the other mobile stations within the cell.- View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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