Patent ID: 8666441

Claim:
A method for power control of uplink transmissions by a communications device, the method comprising: computing a power offset in accordance with a signal target and a measured received signal power strength, wherein the signal target is determined in accordance with a channel quality indicator (CQI) of a channel extending between a controller and a communications device, the CQI being provided by the communications device; generating a power control command from the power offset; and transmitting the power control command to the communications device, wherein the signal target comprises a transmitted signal power strength target, and wherein computing a power offset comprises: computing the signal target from the CQI by evaluating either Pt target=Pr target+PATHLOSS DL (UE) or Pt target=Pr target+PATHLOSS UL (UE), where PATHLOSS DL (UE) and PATHLOSS UL (UE) are DL and UL channel gains in a dB domain, respectively, and Pr target is a received signal power strength target; and computing the power offset from the signal target and the measured received signal power strength.