Patent ID: 7343172
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. Method, comprising: receiving by a base station of a radio access network a radio link setup request signal from a serving radio network controller, said signal having one or more information elements indicative of one or more corresponding power offsets, saving said one or more power offsets in said base station, sending from said base station a radio link setup response signal to said serving radio network controller with information elements indicating receipt of said one or more power offsets from said serving radio network controller, and sending a radio resource controller message signal from said serving radio network controller to user equipment indicative of said one or more information elements also sent to said base station for use by said user equipment in sending feedback information over a radio interface to said base station at power levels adjusted according to said one or more power offsets for detection at said base station according to said one or more power offsets received from said serving radio network controller and saved in said base station.