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US 8,706,150 · App. 12/718,551 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Method and apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Jeong-Ho Park (Seoul, KR); Hwa-Sun You (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun-Kyu Yu (Seoul, KR); Won-Il Roh (Yongin-si, KR); Ho-Kyu Choi (Seongnam-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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Patent No.: US 8,706,150
App. No.: 12/718,551
Granted: Apr 22, 2014
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system are provided. A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system includes assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to the MS from a Base Station (BS), determining a location to receive a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command based on the UL control channel, and receiving a TPC command in the determined location and increasing or decreasing transmit power, thus advantageously being capable of reducing an overhead for power control command assignment information.

Claims (496)

1. A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to the MS from a Base Station (BS);

determining, by the MS, a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command using at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of the UL control channel;

receiving a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command; and

performing at least one of increasing and decreasing transmit power.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and wherein

a first duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission is not greater than a second duration between the TPC command transmission and a next CQI transmission (first duration≦second duration), and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and wherein

a first duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission is at least one of equal to and greater than a second duration between the TPC command transmission and a next CQI transmission (first duration≧second duration), and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and wherein

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i if ( m+R )< N i+ 1 if ( m+R )≧ N

TPC subframe =( m+R )mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission, and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +ceil[ P/N/ 2]

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ P/N/ 2]+1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command channel are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+R

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe, ‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value,

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

10. A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an UpLink (UL) control channel allocation from a Base Station (BS);

determining, by the MS, a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command using at least one of a frame index and a subframe index of the allocated UL control channel; and

receiving a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command, and at least one of increasing and decreasing transmit power,

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value.

11. A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an UpLink (UL) control channel allocation from a Base Station (BS);

receiving a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command, and at least one of increasing and decreasing transmit power,

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+ 1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value.

12. A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to the MS from a Base Station (BS);

transmitting control information through the UL control channel; and

during a predefined duration, receiving a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command corresponding to the UL control channel,

wherein the predefined duration is determined according to at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of a subframe of the UL control channel.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

14. A Base Station (BS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS);

determining a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command using at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of the UL control channel; and

transmitting a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+P/ 2)/ N] frame

TPC subframe =(floor( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and wherein

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i if ( m+R )< N i+ 1 if ( m+R )≧ N

TPC subframe =( m+R )mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission, and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +ceil[ P/N/ 2]

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ P/N/ 2]+1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+R

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

23. A Base Station (BS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS);

determining a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command using at least one of a frame index and a subframe index of the UL control channel; and

transmitting a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command,

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value.

24. A Base Station (BS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS);

transmitting a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command,

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+ 1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value,

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

25. A Base Station (BS) operation method for power control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS), and receiving control information through the UL control channel;

measuring a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the UL control channel; and

during a predefined duration, transmitting a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command considering the measured SINR,

wherein the predefined duration is determined according to at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of a frame of the UL control channel.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

27. A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the MS apparatus comprising:

a Transmit Power Control (TPC) transmission location determiner for determining a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a TPC command using at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of an UpLink (UP) control channel; and

a controller for assigning the UL control channel, for receiving a TPC command in the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command, and for at least one of increasing and decreasing transmit power.

28. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

29. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

30. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

31. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and wherein

32. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i if ( m+R )< N i+ 1 if ( m+R )≧ N

TPC subframe =( m+R )mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission, and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

33. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +ceil[ P/N/ 2]

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

34. The apparatus MS of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ P/N/ 2]+1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

35. The MS apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+R

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is a index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

36. A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the MS apparatus comprising:

a Transmit Power Control (TPC) transmission location determiner for determining a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a TPC command using at least one of a frame index and a subframe index of an UpLink (UL) control channel; and

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value.

37. A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the MS apparatus comprising:

a Transmit Power Control (TPC) transmission location determiner for determining a frame index and a subframe index of a subframe that includes a TPC command using at least one of a frame index and a subframe index of an UpLink (UL) control channel; and

wherein the determined frame index and subframe index of the subframe that includes the TPC command are determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+ 1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

38. A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the MS apparatus comprising:

a controller for assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel from a Base Station (BS), and for transmitting control information through the UL control channel; and

a Transmit Power Control (TPC) transmission location determiner for, during a predefined duration, receiving a TPC command corresponding to the UL control channel,

wherein the predefined duration is determined according to at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of a frame of the UL control channel.

39. The MS apparatus of claim 38 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

40. A Base Station (BS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the BS apparatus comprising:

a controller for assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS); and

wherein the controller transmits a TPC command in the determined location.

41. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

42. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

43. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+P/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+P/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

a first duration between a CQI transmission and TPC command transmission is at least one of equal to and greater than a second duration between the TPC command transmission and a next CQI transmission (first duration≧second duration), and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

44. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ceil( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =ceil( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and wherein

45. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i if ( m+R )< N i+ 1 if ( m+R )≧ N

TPC subframe =( m+R )mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission, and TPC command index is same to the corresponding CQI channel index.

46. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +ceil[ P/N/ 2]

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame,

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

‘ceil(y)’ is a function for rounding off below a decimal point of real number (y), and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

47. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[ P/N/ 2]+1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS,

‘P’ is a CQI report period and is counted in a unit of subframes,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

48. The BS apparatus of claim 40 , wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+R

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘R’ is a duration between a CQI transmission and a TPC command transmission,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

49. A Base Station (BS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the BS apparatus comprising:

a controller for assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS); and

wherein the controller transmits a TPC command in the determined location,

wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i +floor[( m+N/ 2)/ N]

TPC subframe =(floor( m+N/ 2))mod N

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘N’ is a total number of subframes constituting one frame, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value.

50. A Base Station (BS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the BS apparatus comprising:

a controller for assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS); and

wherein the controller transmits a TPC command in the determined location,

wherein a predefined duration of the TPC command is determined by the following equation:

TPC frame =i+ 1

TPC subframe =floor[ s/T]

wherein

‘i’ is a frame index,

‘s’ is Q*m+q,

‘T’ is a total number of TPC channels in a DL subframe,

‘Q’ is a total number of CQI channels in a UL subframe,

‘m’ is a subframe index,

‘q’ is an index for an assigned location of a CQI channel for MS, and

‘floor(x)’ is a function for outputting the largest integer less than ‘x’ value, and

wherein

‘T’ is determined by ceil(Q*U/D), ‘U’ is a total number of UL subframes, and ‘D’ is a total number of DL subframes, and TPC command index is determined by s mod T.

51. A Base Station (BS) apparatus for power control in a wireless communication system, the BS apparatus comprising:

a controller for assigning an UpLink (UL) control channel to at least one Mobile Station (MS), and for receiving control information through the UL control channel;

a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurer for measuring an SINR of the UL control channel; and

a Transmit Power Control (TPC) transmission location determiner for, during a predefined duration, transmitting a TPC command considering the measured SINR,

wherein the predefined duration is determined according to at least one of a frame index, a subframe index and a transmission period of a frame of the UL control channel.

52. The BS apparatus of claim 51 , wherein the UL control channel comprises a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2010

From: PARK, JEONG-HO; YOU, HWA-SUN; YU, HYUN-KYU; ROH, WON-IL; CHOI, HO-KYU

To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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Priority Claims (3)

KR 10-2009-0019409 · Mar 6, 2009 · national

KR 10-2010-0001991 · Jan 8, 2010 · national

KR 10-2010-0019733 · Mar 5, 2010 · national

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