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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keum-Chan Whang, Seoul, KR;
Hyuck-Chan Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incoporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ; H04B 7/185 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ; H04B 7/185 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
A novel and improved method and apparatus for controlling signal power level in a communication system ( ) is provided by determining first and second signal to interference ratios of a received signal, respectively before and after an interference cancellation, determining a difference between the first and second signal to interference ratios, and determining, based on the difference, a signal to interference threshold for controlling power level of a signal transmitted from a source of the received signal.