Patent ID: 8442573
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing macro diversity in a radio telecommunications network having a radio base station for providing a radio link to a mobile terminal, wherein said radio base station includes communication resources for supporting said radio link to said mobile terminal and for supporting transmission of data between said mobile terminal and a network node, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a signal from said mobile terminal; estimating a signal quality parameter for said received signal; sending a first message to said mobile terminal instructing said mobile terminal to adjust at least a first transmission parameter if said signal quality parameter is below a quality target; and, if said signal quality parameter is above said quality target, and if either said radio base station lacks communication resources to detect and decode data from the mobile terminal or if a link capacity for transmitting received data forward in the network is exhausted, sending said first message to said mobile terminal instructing said mobile terminal to adjust said at least one transmission parameter.