Patent ID: 6611690
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A radio communication system comprising a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, the system having a communication channel between the primary station and a secondary station, one of the primary and secondary stations (the transmitting station) having means for transmitting power control commands to the other station (the receiving station) to instruct it to adjust its output transmission power in steps, wherein the receiving station has combining means that is operative if a step size requested by the transmitting station is less than a minimum step size supported by the receiving station for processing a plurality of power control commands in a sequence such that its output power is adjusted by the minimum available step size if a sum of the sequence of power control commands multiplied by the requested step size is greater than or equal to the minimum available step size, and its output power is not adjusted if the sum of the sequence of power control commands multiplied by the requested step size is less than the minimum available step size.