Patent ID: 7774014
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of wireless communication with a wireless unit, the method being implemented in a first base station that is one of a plurality of base stations in soft handoff with the wireless unit and comprising: increasing a transmit power for a forward link from the first base station to the wireless unit in response to detecting errors in a plurality of frames received over a reverse link from the wireless unit to the first base station; maintaining the transmit power for the forward link in response to determining that the forward link is a dominant leg following the increase in the transmit power, wherein the dominant leg is relatively strong and contributes relatively more to the success of a forward link to the wireless unit than weaker legs from the other base stations in soft handoff; and decreasing the transmit power in response to determining that the forward link is not the dominant leg following the increase in the transmit power.