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Method and system for performing outer loop power control in discontinuous transmission mode

US6587447B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/44
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling unnecessary power increases and call drop during discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode of a frame-based transmission system. The method comprises the steps of (1) detecting, at a receiver end of the transmission system a status of a transmitted frame indicating one of two possible transmission modes including (a) when a gating-off of the traffic channel occurs, and (b) when no gating-off of traffic occurs and normal traffic is being transmitted, and (2) controlling a change in the receiver target bit energy to noise spectrum density ratio Eb/No in response to the detection step so that a receiver target Eb/No is increased only when the detecting step does not indicate a gating-off of traffic has occurred.

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