Appeal No. 2002-2106
Application 09/313,359
changed solely by taking account of the received command transmit
power control. See pages 7 and 8 of Appellants’ specification.
In step 140, the base station NB1 additionally changes its
transmitted power by taking into account the target value TV1
assigned to it. The target value is preset by the first station
controller SRNC prior to the beginning of the flowchart. See
page 8 of Appellants’ specification.
Independent claim 1, present in the application, is
representative of Appellants’ claimed invention and is reproduced
as follows:
1. A method (100) of changing the powers transmitted
by at least two base stations (NB1, NB2) communicating simul-
taneously, at least temporarily, with a mobile station (UE) in a
mobile communications system (MTS), said method (100) comprising
the steps of: sending from the mobile station (UE) to the base
stations (NB1, NB2) a command (TPC) instructing the base stations
(NB1, NB2) to change their transmitted powers (120); changing the
transmitted power in each (NB1) of the base stations in response
to the command (TPC) (130); and additionally changing the trans-
mitted power in each (NB1) of the base stations continuously in
the direction of a presettable target value (TV1) (140).
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Nakano et al. (Nakano) 5,933,782 Aug. 3, 1999
(filed July 29, 1997)
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