Power control in OFDM and OFDMA wireless communication networks
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1. A method, comprising:
- measuring power levels of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers that are generated from a transmitter and are received at a receiver in a wireless communication system using OFDM subcarriers;
providing a time division duplex (TDD) in an air link between the transmitter and the receiver;
estimating a signal amplitude of a signal carrying the OFDM subcarriers to pre-compensate the signal at the transmitter, wherein the pre-compensated signal includes the OFDM subcarriers, is transmitted by the transmitter, and is received at the receiver; and
controlling transmitting power levels of the OFDM subcarriers at the transmitter in response to the measured power levels and the estimated signal amplitude to make the power levels of subcarriers received at the receiver approximately equal to one another.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for implementing power control in OFDM and OFDMA wireless communication systems.
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1. A method, comprising:
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measuring power levels of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers that are generated from a transmitter and are received at a receiver in a wireless communication system using OFDM subcarriers; providing a time division duplex (TDD) in an air link between the transmitter and the receiver; estimating a signal amplitude of a signal carrying the OFDM subcarriers to pre-compensate the signal at the transmitter, wherein the pre-compensated signal includes the OFDM subcarriers, is transmitted by the transmitter, and is received at the receiver; and controlling transmitting power levels of the OFDM subcarriers at the transmitter in response to the measured power levels and the estimated signal amplitude to make the power levels of subcarriers received at the receiver approximately equal to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations spatially distributed to wirelessly communicate with subscriber stations via radio links that comprise orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers; a plurality of base station controllers, each coupled to control and communicate with two or more base stations within the plurality of base stations; a first power control mechanism to measure power levels of OFDM subcarriers in a signal that is either (1) generated at a transmitting subscriber station and received at a receiving base station, or (2) generated at a transmitting base station and received at a receiving subscriber station; a second power control mechanism to control an averaged power level of a signal measured at a receiving base station and generated from a transmitting subscriber station to be approximately equal to averaged power levels of signals received at said receiving base station that are generated from other subscriber stations; a mechanism that provides a time division duplex (TDD) in an air link between a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the first and the second power control mechanisms are implemented at the transmitter, wherein, in the TDD, the transmitter transmits a pre-compensated signal to the receiver, wherein the pre-compensated signal includes the OFDM subcarriers, wherein the second power control mechanism is configured to control transmitting power levels of the OFDM subcarriers at the transmitter in response to the measured power levels and an estimated signal amplitude of the signal carrying the OFDM subcarriers to make the power levels of subcarriers received at the receiver approximately equal to one another. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers from a transmitter to a receiver in a wireless communication system that uses OFDM subcarriers and frequency division duplex (FDD) in an air link between the transmitter and the receiver; separating the OFDM subcarriers into different OFDM subcarrier groups where each OFDM subcarrier group comprises a plurality of OFDM subcarriers that are different from OFDM subcarriers in another OFDM subcarrier group; measuring an averaged power level of OFDM subcarriers in each of the OFDM subcarrier groups received at the receiver; communicating the measured averaged power level of each of the OFDM subcarrier groups to the transmitter; estimating a signal amplitude of a signal carrying the OFDM subcarriers to pre-compensate the signal at the transmitter, wherein the pre-compensated signal includes the OFDM subcarriers, is transmitted by the transmitter, and is received at the receiver; and controlling the transmitting power levels of the OFDM subcarriers at the transmitter, based on the measured averaged power levels and the estimated signal amplitude, to make averaged power levels of different OFDM subcarrier groups approximately equal at the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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