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`US010952153B2
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`c12) United States Patent
`Anderson
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`(IO) Patent No.: US 10,952,153 B2
`(45) Date of Patent:
`*Mar.16,2021
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`(54) POWER CONTROL IN A WIRELESS
`NETWORK
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`(71) Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC,
`Wilmington, DE (US)
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`(72)
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`Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson, Exeter (GB)
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`(73) Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC,
`Wilmington, DE (US)
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`( *) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by O days.
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis(cid:173)
`claimer.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 16/410,614
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`(22) Filed:
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`May 13, 2019
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`Int. Cl.
`H04W52/24
`H04W52/06
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`(2009.01)
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`(Continued)
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`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC ......... H04W 521242 (2013.01); H04W 52106
`(2013.01); H04W 521221 (2013.01); H04W
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`CPC . H04W 52/242; H04W 52/06; H04W 52/221;
`H04W 52/24; H04W 52/241; H04W
`52/243; H04W 52/08; H04W 52/10;
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`Primary Examiner - Dominic E Rego
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm - Sterne, Kessler,
`Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A network device may select a value of a multi-level
`transmit power control (TPC) command from a plurality of
`pre-defined values. The network device may transmit on a
`single channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the
`multi-level TPC command.
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`Controller < 120
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`Network
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`FIGURE 2
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`Network
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`Radio link
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`UE
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`Determine error
`metric of uplink
`signal
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`Measure
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`User data
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`318
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`Network
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`Distribution of received SNIR
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