Patent ID: 8155598
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing power control in a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication system, the method comprising the acts of: measuring a plurality of signal strengths provided by a transmitter-side of the MIMO communication system, wherein the transmitter-side comprises a plurality of individual transmitters; correlating the plurality of signal strengths to corresponding transmitters of the plurality of individual transmitters; determining if any of the plurality of signal strengths exceeds a predetermined tolerance; providing feedback regarding the plurality of signal strengths to the transmitter-side via a return channel; adjusting a signal power offset for each of the plurality of individual transmitters corresponding to any of the plurality of signal strengths that exceed the predetermined tolerance; and storing a default signal power offset, based on the adjusting the signal power offset, for use during normal operation of the MIMO communication system.