Patent ID: 8285318
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first transmission power message for determining a power level of a transmission of a forward link signal between a mobile station and a first base station; receiving a second transmission power message for determining a power level of transmission of a redundant version of said forward link signal between said mobile station and a second base station; generating an aligned power control command based, at least in part, on said first and second transmission power messages, and first and second indications of quality of one or more reverse link signals received from said mobile station by said first and second base stations, respectively; and sending said aligned power control command to said first base station and sending said aligned power control command to said second base station, wherein said aligned power control command is for producing correlating patterns of power control adjustments at said first base station for transmissions of said forward link signal from said first base station to said mobile station, and at said second base station for transmissions of said redundant version of said forward link signal from said second base station to said mobile station.