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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Russell Bernard Benedict, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Alex Matusevich, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Winston Edward Pekrul, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Jonathan Michael Tobias, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Chris Constantine Tsamutalis, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Russell Bernard Benedict, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Alex Matusevich, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Winston Edward Pekrul, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Jonathan Michael Tobias, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Chris Constantine Tsamutalis, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In the method for dynamically determining interference and carrier-to-interference ratio, interference is measured during an active TDMA time slot. In one embodiment, a base station determines the interference level in an active time slot using power level measurement taken during a DTX OFF period, when a mobile station is transmitting in discontinuous transmission mode. In another embodiment, a base station orders a mobile station to cease transmission during a SACCH portion of the time slot, and determines an interference level I measurement using power level measurements taken during the inactive SACCH field. Another embodiment provides for the determination of an interference level I using power level measurements taken during the guard and ramp fields.