Patent ID: 7020482
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating transmit power to a plurality of transmission channels in a wireless communication system, comprising: defining a set of one or more transmission channels to be allocated transmit power; determining a total transmit power available to allocate to the transmission channels in the set; allocating the total transmit power to the transmission channels in the set based on a particular allocation scheme; identifying transmission channels in a saturation region resulting from the allocated transmit power; reallocating each transmission channel in the saturation region with a revised amount of transmit power; determining a total excess transmit power for all transmission channels reallocated with revised amounts of transmit power; and performing the defining, determining, allocating, identifying, and reallocating for one or more iterations, wherein the set of transmission channels for a first iteration includes the plurality of transmission channels and for each subsequent iteration includes transmission channels not in the saturation region, and wherein the total transmit power available for each subsequent iteration includes the total excess transmit power determined in a current iteration.