System and method for processing power control commands in a wireless communication system
US8611941B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W52/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficient power control command management in a wireless communication environment. As described herein, techniques can be utilized by a Node B and/or other network access point to compensate for differences between uplink slot boundaries and a power control command combining period associated with the uplink slot. For example, the timing of Transmitter Power Control (TPC) bit transmission can be altered as described herein such that, if a given cell or cell sector is associated with a radio link set of size 2 or greater and a TPC timing offset of size 2 or less, TPC command information can be buffered and/or otherwise delayed to a slot following the slot in which corresponding channel measurements are obtained in order to prevent efficiency loss associated with combining TPC bits of inverse polarity corresponding to multiple disparate slots.
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