Method and apparatus for controlling transmission power while in soft handoff
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and a first base station;
receiving a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station;
generating an aligned power control command based, at least in part, on said first and second transmission power messages, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; and
sending said aligned power control command to said first base station and sending said aligned power control command to said second base station, wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for adjusting the transmission power of base stations in simultaneous communication with a mobile station. The methods described provide for the transmission power of the base stations to be aligned. In the first exemplary embodiment, the transmitters are attached to a separate control unit through communication links. The control unit then derives the most likely command stream and send that to the base stations. In the second exemplary embodiment, the control unit periodically receives the final or average transmit level in a period and an aggregate quality measure for the feedback during a period from each of the transmitters. The control unit determines the aligned power level and transmits a message indicative of the aligned power level to the transmitters.
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42 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and a first base station; receiving a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station; generating an aligned power control command based, at least in part, on said first and second transmission power messages, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; and sending said aligned power control command to said first base station and sending said aligned power control command to said second base station, wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and a first base station based, at least in part, on a first transmission power message; means for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station based, at least in part, on a second transmission power message; and means for generating an aligned power control command based, at least in part, on said first and second transmission power messages, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; means for sending said aligned power control command to said first base station; and
means for sending said aligned power control command to said second base station, wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustment at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver to receive a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a first base station and a mobile station, and a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station; a processor to generate an aligned power control command based, at least in part, on said first and second transmission power messages, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively, and wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station; and a transmitter to send said aligned power control command to said first base station and said second base station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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transmitting a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and a first base station; receiving an aligned power control command, said aligned power control command being based, at least in part, on said first transmission power message, a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; and in response to said aligned power control command, affecting a power control adjustment for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus for use in a first base station comprising:
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means for transmitting a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and said first base station; means for receiving an aligned power control command, said aligned power control command being based, at least in part, on said first transmission power message, a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; and means for affecting a power control adjustment for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station in response to said aligned power control command, and wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for use in a first base station, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver to;
transmit a first transmission power message to a base station controller, said first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and said first base station, and receive an aligned power control command from said base station controller, said aligned power control command being based, at least in part, on said first transmission power message, a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; anda processor to affect a power control adjustment for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station in response to said aligned power control command, and wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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