Patent ID: 8121555

Claim:
A method for transmission power control in a wireless communication network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver comprising the steps: a) transmitting a data block to the receiver; b) examining whether the transmitted block was correctly received; c) receiving information indicative of the channel quality after an unsuccessful reception of the transmitted data block; d) receiving further information indicative of the channel quality prior to a retransmission of at least a part of the unsuccessfully transmitted data block; e) adjusting the transmission power for at least a part of the unsuccessfully received data block according to the received information indicative of the channel qualities after an unsuccessful reception of the transmitted data block and prior to a retransmission of at least a part of the unsuccessfully transmitted data block and according to a required channel quality necessary for reaching a target BLEP (Block-Error Probability); f) re-transmitting the least one part of the unsuccessfully transmitted data block using the adjusted transmission power, and; g) combining the at least one part of the re-transmitted data block with the previously received part of the transmitted data block.