Patent ID: 8537875
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of adjusting a plurality of forward link (FL) signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) estimates, comprising: (a) estimating a FL SINR for each user in a plurality of users, based on at least one of each user's respective data rate control (DRC) message or each user's respective prior FL SINR value; (b) increasing the respective estimated FL SINR for a user in the plurality of users, if, based on a reverse link acknowledge message, the user has decoded an early-terminating packet at a decoding bit rate higher than a data rate associated with the user's respective DRC; (c) determining control channel power remaining after step (b); (d) increasing the estimated FL SINR for all users in the plurality of users if the remaining control channel power is less than a low threshold; and (e) decreasing the estimated FL SINR for all users in the plurality of users if the remaining control channel power is greater than a high threshold.