Patent ID: 7065183

Claim:
A method for controlling the transmitting power in a mobile radio system, in which a signal is transmitted from a transmitter via a transmission channel of the mobile radio system and received by a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: evaluating the signal received by the receiver generating a power control information item based on the evaluation of the received signal; transmitting the power control information item to the transmitter; adjusting the transmitting power at the transmitter in dependence on the power control information item; estimating the behavior of the transmission channel; estimating the transmitting power needed based on the result of the estimation of the behavior of the transmission channel; wherein the power control information item is generated on the basis of the estimated transmitting power needed and is transmitted to the transmitter; and the estimated behavior of the transmission channel is determined by prediction and the transmitting power needed in future is estimated in dependence on the result of the prediction of the behavior of the transmission channel.