Patent ID: 6856644

Claim:
An apparatus for generating power control bits in a communication system comprising: a receiver configured to receive at least one transmitted signal, the receiver comprised of one or more finger receivers each configured to receive a corresponding multipath component of the at least one transmitted signal and resolve the multipath components into corresponding pilot and data channels; one or more pilot channel processors corresponding to each of the one or more finger receivers, each of the one or more pilot channel processors receiving a respective pilot channel from a corresponding finger receiver of the one or more finger receivers and outputting a first value based on at least one characteristic of the received pilot channel a set point value modifying circuit configured to modify a set point value based on the first value and output a modified set point value, wherein the set point modifying circuit comprises a processing portion configured to generate a set point correction factor based on the first value and a multiplier configured to multiply the set point value with the set point correction factor; an estimating circuit for calculating an estimated signal to interference plus noise ratio of the at least one transmitted signal; and a power control bit generator configured to output a power control bit having a state that is determined by the power control bit generator using a predetermined analysis based on the modified set point value and the estimated signal to interference plus noise ratio.