Patent ID: RE42151

Claim:
A method of controlling transmission power in a telecommunications system, comprising: a message structure comprising time-slots, the system comprising a first transceiver and a second transceiver, the method further comprising : controlling the transmission power of the a first transceiver ( 101 ) based on a received power control command received in a time- slot of a message structure from a second transceiver, wherein the message structure comprises time - slots , and dividing one power control command into at least a first part and a second part to be transmitted respectively in at least two time-slots from the second transceiver to the first transceiver, the first part transmitted in a first time-slot and the second part transmitted in a second time-slot, and receiving said one power control command at the first transceiver during at least two time-slots by receiving said first part from said first time-slot and said second part from said second time-slot, combining said first part and said second part to reform said one power control command, and using said reformed one power control command to make a single-increment power adjustment.