Patent ID: 9332509
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmit power control (TPC) in a wireless communications system, comprising: identifying at least one trend with respect to two or more TPC commands, wherein the trend is associated with a reduced TPC rate that is based at least in part on scaling a normal TPC rate for a normal bandwidth carrier system with a bandwidth scaling factor associated with a flexible bandwidth carrier system, wherein the TPC rate is associated with a rate at which the two or more TPC commands are sent; adapting a TPC step size based on the identified at least one trend associated with the reduced TPC rate, wherein adapting the TPC step size compensates for the reduced TPC rate; and transmitting the adapted TPC step size in a TPC command to a first device, the TPC command associated with the first device adapting its transmission power based at least in part on the received TPC command.