Patent ID: 6496543
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
A method for a communication system, comprising:selecting an encoding rate for each of fixed and predetermined power level transmissions of digital data from a base station to each mobile station of a plurality of mobile stations in said communication system; selecting an amount of data for each of said fixed and predetermined power level transmissions from said base station to each of said plurality of mobile stations; selecting a modulation format for each of said fixed and predetermined power level transmissions from said base station to each of said plurality of mobile stations; encoding and modulating said selected amount of data in accordance with said selected encoding data rate and said selected modulation format for each of said plurality of mobile stations; transmitting from said base station, encoded and modulated data, to each of said plurality of mobile stations in non-overlapping transmission bursts at said fixed and predetermined power level, wherein said non-overlapping transmission bursts are over predefined and fixed duration time frames, wherein at least one of said selected encoding rate, said selected modulation format and said selected amount of data for each of said fixed and predetermined power level transmissions from said base station to each of said plurality of mobile stations is based on an effective link budget for each of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said link budget includes a parameter indicating transmission set at said fixed and predetermined power level.