Patent ID: 7430432

Claim:
Apparatus for calculating a communication channel indicia associated with a communication channel comprising a pilot channel upon which data comprising a pilot signal formatted into successive power control groups is communicated to a communication station, said apparatus comprising: a channel estimator adapted to receive indications of the data communicated to the communication station, said channel estimator for forming an estimate of the pilot channel for each of the successively received power control groups and for forming channel-estimated representations of the indications of each of the successively received power control groups; a data power-level calculator coupled to said channel estimator and adapted to receive the channel-estimated representations followed by said channel estimator, said data power-level calculator for calculating power levels of the data for each of the successively received power control groups, the power levels of the data calculated by said data power-level calculator used to calculate the channel indicia; a noise power-level calculator adapted to receive the indications of the data communicated to the communication station, said noise power-level calculator for calculating power levels of noise introduced upon the data communicated to the communication station for each of the successively received power control groups; a ratio calculator adapted to receive indications of the power levels of the data calculated by said data power-level calculator and to receive indications of the power levels of the noise calculated by said noise power-level calculator, said ratio calculator for calculating a ratio therebetween for each of the successively received power control groups; and a ratio reporter adapted to receive indications of the ratio calculated by said ratio calculator, said ratio reporter for generating a ratio report, wherein the generated radio report is communicated upon a reporting channel for each of the successively received power control groups.