Patent ID: 9414326
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a first network device, an indication of a transmission power level of the first network device so that a user equipment (UE) can determine a path loss; transmitting, by the first network device to the UE, an indication of whether accumulation of transmit power control (TPC) commands is enabled; transmitting, by the first network device on a single channel to the UE, a multilevel TPC command and scheduling information related to a shared uplink channel; receiving, by the first network device from the UE on the shared uplink channel, an uplink signal, wherein transmission power level of the uplink signal is based on the multilevel TPC command and the path loss determined with the indication of the transmission power level of the first network device; and transmitting, by the first network device to a second network device, data of the uplink signal.