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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Holger Claussen, Swindon, GB;
Lester Tse Wee Ho, Swindon, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided of adjusting transmission power of pilot signals from a picocell base station for radio communications to a user terminal in radio connection with the picocell base station. The method comprises: the base station sending a signal at a first signal power; the user terminal measuring received signal level and sending an information signal indicating received signal level; and the base station adjusting its pilot signal power dependent upon said received signal level indicated in the information signal.