Patent ID: 7843892

Claim:
A method of performing reverse link power control in a mobile network by a first device that is configured to receive and to transmit signals to a wireless access terminal, the method comprising: generating, using data from a first outer power control loop and data from a second outer power control loop, a power control command for a reverse link channel by performing functions comprising: deriving, in the first outer power control loop executing on the first device, a first power control threshold value for reverse link power of the reverse link channel; receiving, from a second device operating the second outer power control loop substantially simultaneously with the first outer power control loop, a second power control threshold value for reverse link power of the reverse link channel; selecting the first power control threshold value, derived in the first outer power control loop executing on the first device, or the second power control threshold value, received from the second device operating the second outer power control loop, as a selected power control threshold value for the reverse link channel; deriving, in an inner power control loop executing on the first device, the power control command for the reverse link channel from the selected power control threshold value; and transmitting, to the wireless access terminal, the power control command for the reverse link channel, wherein the first power control threshold value for the reverse link channel is derived independently of the second outer power control loop for the reverse link channel.