Patent ID: 8145252

Claim:
A method for managing uplink channel resources in a mobile communication terminal located in a first cell, comprising: measuring a received signal power of a first downlink channel signal for a plurality of frequency bands, the first downlink channel signal transmitted from a base station of a second cell; and determining a transmission signal power of an uplink channel signal for each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands based on the received signal power, wherein the plurality of frequency bands comprises a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and transmission signal power for the first frequency band is selected to be lower than transmission signal power for the second frequency band based on the received signal power, and wherein determining the transmission signal power further comprises: comparing the received signal power with a threshold value that is uniform across the frequency bands; and excluding the first frequency band from the uplink channel signal or adjustinq power of the first frequency band downward if the first frequency band has a transmission signal power that is greater than the threshold value.