A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING A BURST TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM

摘要

In order to effectively terminate a burst transmission in a wireless system, a method and apparatus determines whether or not a burst transmission from a wireless unit to a base station should be terminated by evaluating at least one criterion related to the operation of the wireless system. Once it is determined that a burst transmission should be terminated, the transmission is terminated by lowering a target signal -to-noise ratio (SIR) by a predetermined amount. By lowering this target SIR, power control bits transmitted from the base stati on to the wireless unit instruct an extreme decrease in power of the burst transmissio n and quickly act to terminate the burst transmission.