US 6,983,166 B2
Power control for a channel with multiple formats in a communication system
Da-shan Shiu, San Jose, Calif. (US); Serge Willenegger, Onnens (Switzerland); Richard Chi, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Chih-Ping Hsu, San Diego, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Qualcomm, Incorporated, San Diego, Calif. (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/933,604.
Prior Publication US 2003/0036403 A1, Feb. 20, 2003
Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—522 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for communication of data in a communication system utilizing a feedback power control scheme, the method comprising:
transmitting a first frame of data in accordance with a first transport format and at a first power level corresponding to said first transport format;
determining a need to switch transmission transport format from said first format to a second transport format;
transmitting a second frame of data in accordance with said second transport format and at a second power level corresponding to said second transport format prior to receiving a power control feedback from a receiving destination regarding transmission power level of said second frame of data;
wherein said transmitting said second frame of data occurs in a time frame immediately after a time frame used for said transmitting said first frame of data.