Patent ID: 7733823

Claim:
A method of transmitting an Enhanced Dedicated channel (E-DCH) by user equipment (UE), the method comprising: received, at the UE, scheduling information from a base station, scheduling information including an offset value that represents a relative difference between a presently assigned maximum transmit power level and a current maximum transmit power level; update, at the UE, a value that represents assigned maximum transmit power level base on the offset value received from the base station; selecting, at the UE, a transport Format Combination (TFC) base on the update value that represents assigned maximum transmit power level; and transmitting the E-DCH in according with the selected TFC, wherein the presently assigned maximum transmit power level is determined at the base station at least based on actual transmit power range associated with the UE or the location of the UE relative to the base station.