Patent ID: 7962167

Claim:
A method of controlling transmission power in a mobile communication system which comprises a plurality of mobile stations, a plurality of base stations, and a radio network controller, said method comprising steps of: transmitting, using a mobile station, a first data flow to a base station of a first group with a first power offset to a pilot signal, transmitting a second data flow to a base station of a second group, and transmitting, in addition to said first data flow, a third data flow to said first group with a second power offset to said pilot signal; choosing, using said mobile station, transmission of either said first or said third data flow in a time interval but not simultaneously together; controlling, using said base station of said first group, retransmission of both said first data flow and said third data flow, separately calculating required level of said first and second power offsets based on an occurrence of retransmission of said first and third data flows, respectively, and signaling said two required levels to said radio network controller; receiving, using said base station of said second group, the second data flow, and sending the received second data flow to said radio network controller; combining, using said radio network controller, the second data flow sent from said base station of said second group, controlling said pilot signal power based on a reception error of said second data flow, calculating said first and second power offsets based on said signaled required levels of the first and second power offsets, respectively, and signaling said calculated first and second power offsets to said mobile station; and updating, using said mobile station, the first and second power offsets to said signaled first and second power offsets, respectively.