Patent ID: 7333450

Claim:
A method for performing power control of a network part transmitter in a radio system comprising: establishing a radio connection from the network part transmitter to a user equipment; sending a signal on the radio connection from the network part transmitter using the transmission power required; receiving the signal in the user equipment, measuring a quality value for the signal and determining a power control command based on the quality value; signalling the power control command from the user equipment to the transmitter; specifying the power control required in the transmitter using a delay requirement of a service to be transferred over the radio connection and at least one received power control command as the basis for making a power control decision; continuing to perform the method from sending the signal on the radio connection from the network part transmitter using the transmission power required, wherein at least one dedicated physical channel is allocated to the user equipment on the radio connection and at least a part of the shared physical channel that is time-divisionally shared, and the power control of the time-divisionally shared physical channel is carried out on the basis of the power control decision of the dedicated physical channel.