Patent ID: 8599769

Claim:
A mobile station comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, a first message via an over-the-air (OTA) interface, the first message to convey an interference over thermal (IoT) value; a transmitter configured to transmit a second message via the OTA interface; and a transmit power control (TPC) module coupled with the receiver and the transmitter, the TPC module configured to determine a noise and interference (NI) power level based on the IoT value and on a subcarrier spacing in a transmission region associated with the IoT value, to determine a transmit power level based on the NI power level, and to control the transmitter to transmit the second message at the transmit power level, wherein the IoT value is a first IoT value and the first message is to further convey a second IoT value, wherein the first IoT value is associated with a frequency partition and the second IoT value is associated with another frequency partition or another transmission region, wherein the first message is a downlink message from a base station to the mobile station and the second message is an uplink message to the base station from the mobile station.