Patent ID: 9363759
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A base station comprising: circuitry configured to receive first traffic data from a subscriber unit; the circuitry is further configured to transmit control information; the circuitry, in response to the subscriber unit not having traffic data to send, is further configured to receive a periodically transmitted first channel without traffic data in time intervals; wherein the transmitted control information includes an indication of the time intervals for the subscriber unit to transmit the first channel; the circuitry, in response to the received first channel, is further configured to transmit power commands to the subscriber unit to adjust a transmission power level of the first channel; and the circuitry is further configured to receive second traffic data after receiving the periodically transmitted first channel; wherein a transmission power level of the received second traffic data is based on the power commands transmitted in response to the first channel.