METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SAVING RADIO RESOURCES BY DETERMINING POWER OFFSET VALUES IN THE USER EQUIPMENT

摘要

The present invention relates to an arrangement and a method in a user equipment of saving radio resources in a communication network system comprising a communication network node (15) communicating withto one or more user equipments (18) on uplink (17) and downlink (16) data channels over a radio interface, whereby a transmission power 5 value on said uplink data channel (17) is determined by adding a power offset value to a pre-determined reference power value. A carrier-to-interference (C/I) value on said uplink data channel (17) is determined and said power offset value is then determined based on said determined carrier-to-interference value, whereby said power offset value is determined in said user equipment (18) instead of being received over said radio interface 10 from said communication network node (15).