Patent ID: 6351651
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of controlling transmission power in a cellular type mobile communication system comprising a plurality of cells, a plurality of base stations disposed in the respective cells, and a mobile station located in said cells, said mobile station carrying out communication with at least one base stations by establishing a channel between said mobile station and said at least one base station, said method comprising the steps of:receiving, in each base station, a control command for the transmission power from said mobile station while said mobile station establishes the channel with said at least one base station; increasing or decreasing, in each base station, the transmission power in response to the control command; and renewing, in each base station, the transmission power so that the difference between the transmission power after being increased or decreased and a predetermined reference power is r times as large as the difference between the transmission power before being renewed and the predetermined reference power.