Patent ID: 7062226
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining, in a base station controller (BSC), information for controlling transmission power of a mobile station, said information depending on a signal received from a base station transceiver system (BTS), in a mobile communication system, said mobile communication system including said mobile station for transmitting and receiving data in a predetermined period, said base station transceiver system and said base station controller for controlling said base station transceiver system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, in the base station controller, a reverse message from the base station transceiver system; determining a type of a frame included in the received reverse message; and setting previous power control information to present power control information if the frame type of the reverse message is a null frame indicating there is no data to transmit; wherein power control information is for controlling transmission power of the mobile station, and said previous power control information was used prior to receipt of said null frame.