Patent ID: 9155053
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling power within a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving uplink communications from a plurality of user equipments (UEs); determining that the uplink communications have been transmitted at a non-optimal power level by comparing one or more attributes associated with the uplink communications to thresholds for the one or more attributes; determining the identity and number of resource blocks employed by each UE of the plurality of UEs that transmitted the uplink communications at the non-optimal power level; generating power control messages for the plurality of UEs, wherein positions of power control commands within the power control messages are mapped respectively to the identified resource blocks employed by the plurality of UEs that transmitted the uplink communications at the non-optimal power level, and wherein a number of power control commands for controlling power of a respective UE is equal to the number of resource blocks determined to be employed by the respective UE for its uplink transmissions; and transmitting the power control messages to the plurality of UEs.