Patent ID: 8626224
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a mobile station determining an interference level for a link between the mobile station and a base station; if the determined interference level is greater than a threshold interference level, then the mobile station using a first technique to determine an interference correction factor; if the determined interference level is less than the threshold interference level, then the mobile station using a second technique to determine the interference correction factor, wherein the second technique comprises determining the interference correction factor to be equal to the minimum of: (a) the maximum of (i) the threshold interference level minus the determined interference level and (ii) zero, and (b) a predetermined constant; the mobile station using the determined interference correction factor as a basis for determining an initial transmit power level; and the mobile station transmitting an initial access probe to the base station at the determined initial transmit power level.