Method and system for pilot based transmit power control

摘要

A novel and improved method for performing transmit power control on a reverse link is described. A signal is transmitted at a transmit power and includes a traffic channel transmitted at a traffic channel transmit power, and a pilot channel transmitting at a pilot channel (70) transmit power. The receive energy of the pilot channel is measured, and a decrease power control command (121) is generated when the receive energy is greater than receive energy threshold. If the receive energy is less than the receive energy threshold, an increase power control command (121) is generated. The power control command (121) is transmitted to the system generating the signal.