Patent ID: 8184600

Claim:
A method of controlling transmission power of a reverse link carrier in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information related to a link between a first forward link carrier and a first reverse link carrier, wherein the first forward link carrier is used to receive data from a base station and the first reverse link carrier is used to transmit data to the base station; receiving information related to a link between a second forward link carrier and a second reverse link carrier, wherein the second forward link carrier is used to receive data from the base station and the second reverse link carrier is used to transmit data to the base station; receiving power control information for the first reverse link carrier from the base station; and receiving power control information for the second reverse link carrier from the base station, wherein the power control information for the first reverse link carrier and the power control information for the second reverse link carrier are received via a single forward link carrier, and wherein the first forward link carrier and the second forward link carrier are not the same.