Patent ID: 8160075

Claim:
A method of transmitting power control commands from a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless communication network base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE) in Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC) mode, the CPC mode defined by at least discontinuous (DTX) uplink (UL) control channel transmission wherein the UE successively transmits control information during an UL DTX active period and does not transmit control information during an UL DTX gated period, comprising: receiving one or more power control commands from the UE in an UL dedicated control channel signal during an UL DTX active period; calculating a power control command for the UE in response to the received UL dedicated control channel signal; and during a subsequent UL DTX gated period, if the BS transmits any power control command to the UE, transmitting to the UE, in a DL dedicated control channel signal, the power control command calculated in response to the most recently received UL dedicated control channel signal and at a signal power determined in response to the most recently received UL dedicated control channel signal.