Patent ID: 7953025

Claim:
Method for providing load reference data in a CDMA wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: measuring received total wideband power for a plurality of instances; measuring received scheduled enhanced uplink power for said plurality of instances; estimating a probability distribution for a first power quantity, being related to selected state variables of an estimation algorithm, from quantities representing said measured received total wideband power and quantities representing said measured received scheduled enhanced uplink power using selected measurement functions of said selected state variables of said estimation algorithm; said selected state variables correspond to cell power quantities; said selected measurement functions correspond to said quantities representing said measured received total wideband power and said quantities representing said measured received scheduled enhanced uplink power; computing a conditional probability distribution of a noise floor measure based on at least a number of said estimated probability distributions for said first power quantity; and providing load reference data based on said computed conditional probability distribution of said noise floor measure.