Patent ID: 6873626

Claim:
A control system for controlling the information rate through a downlink shared channel addressed to a plurality of mobile stations in a mobile packet communication system for multiplexing and transmitting data signals addressed to a plurality of mobile stations through the downlink shared channel, transmitting control signals addressed to each of the mobile stations through a downlink dedicated channel, and receiving the data signals and the control signals from the mobile stations through an uplink dedicated channel, comprising: a transmission power control information receiving unit for receiving the transmission power control information for the downlink dedicated channel included in the control signals transmitted through the uplink dedicated channel; a transmission power control information accumulating unit for accumulating the received transmission power control information for the downlink dedicated channel; and an information rate controlling unit for controlling the information rate through the downlink shared channel addressed to the mobile stations corresponding to the downlink dedicated channel according to the accumulated value of the transmission power control information for the downlink dedicated channel.