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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method of determining the availability of at least one of a plurality of different services in a wireless communication network comprising at least a first station and a second station which are in communication has the following steps. The pathloss between said first station and said second station is estimated, and based on the pathloss and the requirements of at least one of said services, the power with which said first station is required to transmit to said second station is determined. The required power is compared with the maximum power with which the first station is capable of transmitting.