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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2000
Jacques Bousquet, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Bertrand Duros, Asnieres, FR;
Hervé Radureau, Nanterre Cedex, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of controlling power in a transmission link between a central station and a terminal in a point to multi-point communication network and system for carrying out the method, particularly suitable for implementation in satellite access networks or terrestrial point to multi-point access networks. A transmitter transmits a plurality of reference signals ( ) to a plurality of receivers ( ); each receiver ( ) measures the respective quality of the signals so as to determine a reference signal ( ) corresponding to the receiver ( ); each receiver ( ) indicates to the transmitter ( ) the reference signal ( ) corresponding thereto; and if required, the transmitter ( ) adjusts the power level of transmission of the traffic data ( ).