Patent ID: 8457237
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of power control in a wireless communication system wherein blocks are transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver on multiple wireless transport channels, the method comprising comparing a target signal quality value with a received signal quality value and providing the results of the comparing step in the transmitter to adjust transmit power based on the comparing step, the method comprising the steps of: determining individual target values for each of said multiple wireless transport channels; determining if one of said multiple wireless transport channels has been inactive for a period and, if so, providing said target signal quality value at a level which is lower than an individual target value for the inactive transport channel in the case where the individual target value of the inactive transport channel exceeds a highest individual target value for active transport channels, and providing said target signal quality value at a level which is corresponding to the individual target value for the active transport channels in the case where the highest individual target value of the active transport channel exceeds the individual target value for the inactive transport channel; and deriving said target signal quality value from said individual target values including the individual target value of the inactive transport channel.