Patent ID: 8649308

Claim:
A method for confirming a downlink inner loop power control mode by a Node B, and the method comprising: when the Node B detects that there is user equipment (UE) in an idle mode or a Cell Forward Access Channel (CELL_FACH) state using an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH), confirming to use a mode 0 to receive Transmit Power Control (TPC) bit information sent on an uplink Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) by said UE, and performing downlink inner loop power control on a Fractional Dedicated Physical Control Channel (F-DPCH); wherein, before the step of the Node B detecting, the method further comprises: a radio network controller notifying said Node B of common E-DCH configuration information by a physical shared channel reconfiguration request message; and after receiving said physical shared channel reconfiguration request message, said Node B choosing to store the common E-DCH configuration information in said physical shared channel reconfiguration request message, and returning a physical shared channel reconfiguration response message to the radio network controller.