Patent ID: 8068867
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a wireless device to jointly control transmit power and transmit time to transmit data via wireless communications to a wireless receiver in a wireless network, the wireless network including multiple wireless devices including the wireless device, the method comprising: running a power control algorithm to determine a power used to transmit data to the wireless receiver; determining an equilibrium transmission rate of the wireless device for transmitting data to the wireless receiver under the power control algorithm; after determining the equilibrium transmission rate: when the average transmission rate is greater than the equilibrium transmission rate, operating in a time sharing mode using the power control algorithm and the scheduling algorithm to transmit data to the wireless receiver; and when the average transmission rate is not greater than the equilibrium transmission rate, operating in a pure power mode using the power control algorithm to transmit data to the wireless receiver.