摘要 |
To address the need for a resource allocation scheme that results in a better tradeoff between cell-edge performance and overall spectral efficiency, a communication system (100) is provided that allocates uplink transmit power to user equipment (UEs) (102, 104) based on a fractional power control scheme (300). In another embodiment, since the cell-edge users are also likely to be power limited, the communication system may implement a minimized uplink transmission bandwidth resource allocation scheme (404, 406, 408, 410, 412, 414) that may work with the fractional power control scheme to achieve a level of performance desired for uplink transmissions in 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and 3GPP2 Evolution communication systems. |