Methods and apparatus for tracking wireless terminal power information
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting the predetermined set of signals to said base station;
transmitting power control signals to said a wireless terminal over a period of time;
estimating, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals,wherein estimating the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting on said predetermined set of signals is also based on tie report communicating transmission power information; and
determining based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions.
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Abstract
Power control reports are communicated less frequently than the power control commands. The base station tracks the commands sent to the wireless terminal and estimates the wireless terminal'"'"'s control channel transmit power. Received power control channel reports are utilized to compare the base station'"'"'s estimated wireless terminal control channel transmit power to the actual wireless terminal control channel transmit power. An estimate of the error rate of transmitted power control signals is generated based using the tracked power command information and received power report information. Adjustments are performed in the power control command signaling to compensate for estimated error rates.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
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receiving a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting the predetermined set of signals to said base station; transmitting power control signals to said a wireless terminal over a period of time; estimating, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals, wherein estimating the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting on said predetermined set of signals is also based on tie report communicating transmission power information; and determining based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A base station comprising:
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a receiver module for receiving a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting the predetermined set of signals to said base station; a transmitter for transmitting power control signals to a wireless terminal over a period of time; and an estimation module for estimating, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals, wherein estimating the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting on said predetermined set of signals is also based on the report communicating transmission power information; and a determination module for determining, based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A base station comprising:
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means for receiving a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting a predetermined set of signals to said base station; means for transmitting power control signals to a wireless terminal over a period of time; and means for estimating, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals, wherein said means for estimating the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, estimates said amount of power also based on the report communicating transmission power information; and means for determining based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A non-transitory machine readable medium including machine executable instructions stored therein for implementing a method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
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receiving a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting the predetermined set of signals to said base station; transmitting power control signals to a wireless terminal over a period of time; estimating, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals, wherein estimating the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting on said predetermined set of signals is also based on the report communicating transmission power information; and determining based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus operable in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to; receive a report communicating transmission power information from said wireless terminal indicative of an amount of power dedicated for use in transmitting the predetermined set of signals to said base station; transmit power control signals to a wireless terminal over a period of time;
estimate, based on the transmitted power control signals, an amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting a predetermined set of signals,wherein said processor is configured to estimate the amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting on said predetermined set of signals also based on the report communicating transmission power information; and determine based on the estimated amount of power dedicated by said wireless terminal for transmitting said predetermined set of signals, an amount of remaining power available at said wireless terminal for other uplink transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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