METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO POWER CONTROL AND/OR INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN A MIXED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station, comprising:
- measuring during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and
transmitting a first uplink transmission power control value.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to the sharing of wide area network (WAN) uplink bandwidth with peer to peer communication signaling usage are described. A base station transmits a signal to be used by a peer to peer wireless terminal in controlling its peer to peer transmit power level. The peer to peer wireless terminal receives and measures the strength of the base station signal. The measurement information is used in determining whether or not peer to peer signal transmission is permitted and/or in determining a peer to peer transmission power level. Current service level information and/or encoded information, e.g., an interference level indicator value, conveyed by the received base station signal are, in various embodiments, also utilized in determining a peer to peer transmission power level.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of operating a base station, comprising:
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measuring during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and transmitting a first uplink transmission power control value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A base station, comprising:
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an interference measurement module for measuring during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and a transmitter module for transmitting a first uplink transmission power control value. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A base station, comprising:
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interference measurement means for measuring during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and means for transmitting a first uplink transmission power control value. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a base station to implement a method, the method comprising:
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measuring during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and transmitting a first uplink transmission power control value. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to; measure during an uplink null time period uplink background interference; and transmit a first uplink transmission power control value. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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