A power control method, comprising: estimating, by a base station, BS, receiving quality of an uplink channel transmitted by user equipment, UE, and generating an uplink transmit power control, TPC, command, wherein the UE is configured in a compressed mode, and configuration information in the compressed mode comprises a transmission interval and a non-transmission interval; and increasing, by the BS, a current transmit power of the uplink TPC command according to the configuration information of the UE in the compressed mode, and repeatedly transmitting, by the BS, the uplink TPC command to the UE, characterized in that the increasing the current transmit power of the uplink TPC command according to the configuration information in the compressed mode and repeatedly transmitting the uplink TPC command to the UE comprises: according to a quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval, increasing the transmit power of the uplink TPC command to: P ' k = N N − M * P k, wherein P' ( k) is an increased transmit power of the uplink TPC command, P ( k) is a current transmit power of the uplink TPC command, N is a quantity of repeatedly transmitted uplink TPC commands, and M is the quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval; and repeatedly transmitting the uplink TPC command to the UE according to the increased transmit power P' ( k). estimating, by a base station, BS, receiving quality of an uplink channel transmitted by user equipment, UE, and generating an uplink transmit power control, TPC, command, wherein the UE is configured in a compressed mode, and configuration information in the compressed mode comprises a transmission interval and a non-transmission interval; and increasing, by the BS, a current transmit power of the uplink TPC command according to the configuration information of the UE in the compressed mode, and repeatedly transmitting, by the BS, the uplink TPC command to the UE, characterized in that the increasing the current transmit power of the uplink TPC command according to the configuration information in the compressed mode and repeatedly transmitting the uplink TPC command to the UE comprises: according to a quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval, increasing the transmit power of the uplink TPC command to: P ' k = N N − M * P k, wherein P' ( k) is an increased transmit power of the uplink TPC command, P ( k) is a current transmit power of the uplink TPC command, N is a quantity of repeatedly transmitted uplink TPC commands, and M is the quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval; and repeatedly transmitting the uplink TPC command to the UE according to the increased transmit power P' ( k). according to a quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval, increasing the transmit power of the uplink TPC command to: P ' k = N N − M * P k, wherein P' ( k) is an increased transmit power of the uplink TPC command, P ( k) is a current transmit power of the uplink TPC command, N is a quantity of repeatedly transmitted uplink TPC commands, and M is the quantity of uplink TPC commands whose transmit timeslots fall in the transmission interval; and repeatedly transmitting the uplink TPC command to the UE according to the increased transmit power P' ( k).