Patent ID: 6735447
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of controlling uplink power levels of mobile radios within a common cell having a base station, comprising:sending and receiving transmissions from mobile radios within the cell to the base station, testing to determine if a dominating mobile radio is causing unacceptable interference with others of the mobile radios by transmitting at an instantaneous transmitter power that causes the base station to receive the dominating mobile radio communications at a relatively high received signal level compared to the others of the mobile radios, determining if the dominating mobile radio is transmitting at a minimum transmitter power level within a dynamic transmission power range of the mobile radio, if the dominating mobile radio is not transmitting at its minimum transmitter power level, reducing the dominating mobile radio's instantaneous transmitter power level and re-testing to determine if the dominating mobile radio is still causing unacceptable interference with others of the mobile radios by transmitting at the reduced instantaneous transmitter power level, if the dominating mobile radio is transmitting at its minimum transmitter power level, turning the transmitter of the dominating mobile radio off.