Patent ID: 6912403

Claim:
A base station transceiver system (BTS) in communication with a mobile station (MS) and with a base station controller (BSC), comprising: circuitry that defines logic that prompts BTS to generate a sequence number that relates to the previous forward link transmission gain level and to transmit the sequence number with the status signal to the BSC; circuitry for receiving and processing power gain commands from the mobile station; circuitry for receiving and processing power gain commands from the BSC wherein the power gain commands from the BSC are made in relation to the previous forward link transmission as identified by the sequence number; and circuitry that defines logic for comparing power gain commands received from the BSC in relation to transmitted power gain levels and for adjusting the BTS's forward gain level for a subsequent transmission wherein the gain level adjustment is based upon a difference between the commanded gain level and the gain level for the previous forward link transmission as identified by the sequence number and further wherein the difference is added to a current gain level.