Method and apparatus for controlling transmission energy in a wireless communication system

摘要

A method for controlling transmission power of a remote station (122) in a soft handoff condition is provided. The method comprises receiving at the remote station (122) a power control command transmitted by each of the plurality of base stations (102, 104, 106), and increasing transmission energy of the remote station (122) only when each of the power control commands transmitted by the base stations in an Active Set of the remote station (122) requests an increase in the remote station transmission energy.