Patent ID: 9386531
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a processor configured to operate in a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode, wherein in the first transmission mode, an uplink dedicated channel transmission is continuous and in the second transmission mode, an uplink dedicated channel transmission is discontinuous; the processor configured to determine whether to send the uplink dedicated channel transmission in the first transmission mode or the second transmission mode; a transmitter configured to transmit the uplink dedicated channel transmission in the determined transmission mode to a base station; a receiver configured to receive power commands from the base station in response to the uplink dedicated channel transmission; and the processor configured to add a signal to interference ratio (SIR) value to a SIR target for use in determining a transmit power command on at least a condition that the processor operates in the second transmission mode.