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Power control of a multi-subchannel mobile station in a mobile communication system

US6690944B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1999
Grant dateFeb 10, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/50
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A closed loop power control apparatus is implemented within a basestation that receives a series of physical channels from a mobile station simultaneously in a DS-CDMA communication system such as those based on the cdma2000 specifications. This power control apparatus includes a series of Rakes that separate the code-subchannels, a series of SINR estimation devices that estimate the SINR for each of the code-subchannels, and a series of comparators thaw generate a multiple of power control bits that correspond to comparison results between the SINR estimates and a set of power threshold levels. These power control bits are transmitted to the mobile station and subsequently allow the mobile station to control the transmit powers for the physical channels individually.

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