Patent ID: 8867382

Claim:
A method for controlling GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) power operable at a base station, comprising: setting a transmit signal power granularity to be less than a current level; tracking a power measurement report of at least one remote station, the power measurement report comprising at least one signal quality indicator representing a bit error rate on a burst processing level, wherein the at least one remote station comprises a downlink advanced receiver performance (DARP) remote station and a non-DARP remote station; determining if the at least one signal quality indicator has reached a first threshold; decreasing a downlink signal power if said at least one signal quality indicator reaches the first threshold; and stopping said decreasing of said downlink signal power when said at least one signal quality indicator reaches a second threshold lower than the first threshold, wherein the bit error rate corresponding to the second threshold is higher than that of the first threshold.