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Transmission power control method and a transmission power control apparatus

Assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
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Filing: 1995-05-11
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Granted: 1996-12-31
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Expires: 2015-05-11
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Abstract

Abstract A transmission power control method of a mobile station in a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which primarily controls transmission power of the mobile station by using a closed loop control which enables high accuracy power control. When the received power at the base station of a signal from the mobile station suddenly increases owing to the state of buildings surrounding the mobile station, the transmission power of the mobile station must be quickly reduced to prevent the interference to other mobile stations. The mobile station measures an average value of the received power per transmission power control period of a desired signal from the base station, and detects the difference ΔRSSI between the current average value and that of one of the previous transmission power control periods. If ΔRSSI exceeds a reference power difference ΔP th , transmission power P T corresponding to ΔRSSI is set by using an open loop transmission power control to quickly reduce the transmission power of the mobile station. If ΔRSSI is lower than ΔP th , the transmission power P T is determined in accordance with the transmission power control bit sent from the base station.

Inventors

  • 👤 Mamoru Sawahashi
  • 👤 Fumiyuki Adachi

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/18; H04W52/22; H04W52/228; H04W52/06; H04W52/08; H04W52/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 159 words
A transmission power control method for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said method comprising the steps of: measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station; detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods; deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference; setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 159 words
A transmission power control method for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said method comprising the steps of: measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station; detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods; deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference; setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 98 words
The transmission power control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: calculating, at the base station, an SIR (Signal-to-Interference Ratio) of received power of a desired signal sent from the mobile station to a sum of interference power from other mobile stations and thermal noise power; deciding whether said SIR is greater than a reference value predetermined for satisfying a predetermined transmission quality; and inserting said transmission power control bit periodically into a forward (from base station to mobile station) frame in accordance with a result of decision at the preceding step of deciding.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 164 words
A transmission power control apparatus for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said apparatus comprising: means for measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station; means for detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods; means for deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference; means for setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 164 words
A transmission power control apparatus for a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system which controls transmission power of a mobile station on the basis of a transmission power control bit sent from a base station to the mobile station, said apparatus comprising: means for measuring, at the mobile station, average received power per transmission power control period of a signal sent from the base station; means for detecting, at the mobile station, a power difference between the average received power of a current transmission power control period and that of one of previous transmission power control periods; means for deciding, at the mobile station, whether said power difference exceeds a predetermined reference power difference; means for setting, at the mobile station, transmission power of the mobile station in accordance with said power difference when said power difference exceeds said predetermined reference power difference, and in accordance with the transmission power control bit when said power difference is lower than the predetermined reference power difference.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 101 words
The transmission power control apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: means for calculating, at the base station, an SIR (Signal-to-Interference Ratio) of received power of a desired signal sent from the mobile station to a sum of interference power from other mobile stations and thermal noise power; means for deciding whether said SIR is greater than a reference value predetermined for satisfying a predetermined transmission quality; and means for inserting said transmission power control bit periodically into a forward (from base station to mobile station) frame in accordance with a result of decision at the preceding step of deciding.

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