Patent ID: 7072680

Claim:
An apparatus for adjusting power-level threshold values for use in a wireless communication system having a receiver for receiving communication signals through communication links, wherein each of said communication signals is transmitted from a remote transmitter at a controlled power level, said apparatus comprising: means for measuring power levels of desired signals on said communication links; means for measuring power levels of received signals on said communication links; means for obtaining statistical values of said desired signals by performing an operation over the power levels of said desired signals; means for obtaining statistical values of said received signals by performing an operation over the power levels of said received signals; means for estimating a power level of an ensemble average intercell interference based on at least one of the statistical values of said received signal and at least one of the statistical values of said desired signals; and means for averaging the power levels of said desired signals to approximate power-level threshold values based on the power level of said ensemble average intercell interference and a desired ensemble average SIR (signal to interference ratios).