Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for adaptive reverse power control for spread-spectrum communications

US6940840B2 · kind B2 · utility

43Cited by
180References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 2001
Grant dateSep 6, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 12, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/60
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) system employing spread-spectrum modulation. The CDMA system has a base station (BS), and a plurality of subscriber units. The signals transmitted between the base station and subscriber unit use spread-spectrum modulation. The improvement method for adaptive reverse power control (APC) from a subscriber unit (SU) to a base station (BS), comprises the steps of sending from the subscriber unit, using spread-spectrum modulation, a SU-spreading code on a reverse channel. The base station despreads the SU-spreading code on the reverse channel as a despread signal, determines a first power level Pd which includes power of the despread signal plus noise and a second power level PN, which includes despread-noise power. The base station determines a first error signal e1, from the first power level Pd, the second power level PN, and a required signal-to-noise ratio SNRREQ for service type, and a second error signal e2, from a measure of total received power Prt at the base station, and an automatic gain control (AGC) set point Po. The base station forms a combined error signal from the first error signal e1, the second error signal e2, a first weight …

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.