Combined signaling and sir inner-loop power control

摘要

A base station controller and method for controlling a forward link power level in a CDMA cellular system provides an adjustment threshold. The method includes the steps of defining the adjustment threshold for the forward link power level, and receiving an inner-loop power control command from a remote transmitter. The power control command defines a request for an incremental adjustment in the forward link power level. The method further provides for defining the forward link power level based on the adjustment threshold and the request. Tracking a cumulative power adjustment of the forward link power level allows the base station controller to avoid continuous increases in transmitted power when the power commands are actually the result of multipath effects. The result is an improvement in overall cell operation.