Patent ID: 8493941

Claim:
A method for interference management in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: at a mobile terminal in handoff status, sending data packets to a plurality of base stations in the mobile terminal's active set of base stations, the active set including a serving base station and at least one non-serving base station; and in response to receiving a command to increase the transmit power from any of the base stations in the active set, increasing the mobile terminal's transmit power, unless the transmit power is at its maximum power or the transmit power exceeds a power targeted by the serving base station by a predetermined amount, and further in response to receiving the command to increase the transmit power, and the transmit power is at its maximum or above a threshold targeted by the serving base station, reverting to an or-of-the-downs rule for which the mobile terminal lowers its transmit power in the event that it receives a command to do so from any of the base stations in the active set.