Mobile communication system with compressed mode operation and method of operating the same

摘要

A method and a telecommunications system supporting compressed mode operation is described in which this type of operation is used more frequently than previously known. To compensate for the reduction in reception quality caused by the interruptions to transmissions, the transmitted power may be increased. To prevent an unacceptable increase in interference, the timing and position in the frame of punctured slots is co-ordinated by the network. A transmitter (30) is described which includes a frame processor 37 controlled by a central processor (40). The central processor (40) also controls the power of a transmit power amplifier (45) and has sufficient intelligence to specify the optimum timing and position in a frame of a punctured slot to the frame processor (37) and to control the power amplifier (45) to increase the transmission power in that frame. <IMAGE>