METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING AN UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT

摘要

An access point 130, UE 114, method and software for supporting communication in a femto cell of a cellular communication network. Whereby the setting of the femto cell uplink transmit power level is based on at least one determined macro cellular interference criterion and preferably at least one macro cellular path loss. The access point may request the UE to perform the at least one macro cell path loss measurement periodically and/or in response to a trigger. Preferably the femto cell uplink transmit power level for the UE is based at least on an estimated maximum uplink transmit power allowable to meet the macro cellular interference criterion.