Power control apparatus for use in mobile radio stations

摘要

Rapid feedback control of transmit power for very low bit rate links is difficult because very little signal energy is available for measurement of power. However, the purpose of power control is to maintain a link error rate. By feeding back decisions from the receiving station to the transmitting station, the latter can detect errors at the receiving station. When an error is detected the transmit power is increased. When no error is detected the transmit power is reduced by a smaller amount. This maintains a constant bit error rate related to the ratio of the up and down step sizes. $$