Patent ID: 6687509
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
In a wireless cellular communication system having a base station located within a home cell and at least one substantially adjacent cell having a repeater station located therein for facilitating communication between said base station and a plurality of mobile units located in said adjacent cell, a method for providing dynamic control of signal power levels in a bi-directional time division multiplexed (TDM) backhaul communication link between said base station and said repeater station, comprising:measuring, in a receiving one of said base station and said repeater station, a received signal power level of a signal transmitted between said base station and said repeater station; monitoring said bi-directional TDM backhaul communication link to identify an available TDM time slot channel assigned to at least one of said mobile units; automatically transmitting in said TDM time slot power level data based on said received signal power level from said receiving one of said base station and said repeater which was the source of said measured signal measurement; and receiving said power level data at said source of said measured signal.