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Downlink power control at soft handover

US6553016B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1999
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/143
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus are described for controlling base station transmit power (downlink) to a mobile station during soft diversity handover. The present invention adjusts downlink power of the ratio between downlink transmit powers of all of the involved base stations is equal to the received signal strengths from the mobile stations at each of the involved base stations.

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