| 摘要 |
The invention relates to determining a transmit power in a cellular communication system comprising a cell including an inner zone served by a first carrier and an outer zone. A base station ( 201 ) comprises a receiver ( 211 ) for receiving measurement reports from communication units ( 203, 205, 207, 209 ). The measurement reports comprise receive characteristics such as receive signal levels. A distribution processor ( 217 ) generates a distribution of the receive characteristics, and a modified transmit power processor ( 219 ) determines a modified transmit power level in response to the distribution. Specifically, a modified transmit power level is determined as the power reduction of a transmit power that will result in a given traffic distribution between the inner zone and the outer zone. the modified transmit power processor ( 219 ) is coupled to a cell transmit power processor ( 225 ) which determines a cell transmit power associated with the first carrier in response to the modified transmit power level. Specifically a maximum transmit power of the first carrier is set to the cell transmit power level. |
