Patent ID: 7769406
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request from a remote unit to provide a power level associated with a transmitting component of a base station for a cellular network communications system, wherein the request is transmitted over a communications protocol; measuring, at the base station, a power level of a signal provided by the transmitting component in response to receiving the request from the remote unit; providing, from the base station, the measured power level to the remote unit over the communications protocol; wherein the base station comprises at least one power monitor and adjustment (PMA) module adapted to handle one or more requests from the remote unit, wherein the power monitor and adjustment module are adapted to toggle at least one input port between a calibration mode of operation and a normal mode of operation, wherein the power monitor and adjustment module are adapted to provide a signal to a power measuring module adapted to measure power; wherein measuring the power level comprises measuring the power level of at least two communication channels; and further determining if the measured power level is within an acceptable range, wherein determining comprises at least one of comparing the measured power level to a pre-defined value at the power monitor adjustment module, comparing, at the power monitor adjustment module, the measured power level to a range of acceptable values provided by the remote unit, and comparing the measured power level to a value at the remote unit.