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Transmission power control is essential in systems of the third-generation (3G) in order to optimize the bandwidth utilization, which is critical when variable data rates are used. One remaining problem is oscillations in the output powers, due to round-trip delays in the power control loops together with the power up-down command device. The oscillations are naturally quantified using discrete time-describing functions, which are introduced and applied. More importantly, time-delay compensation (TDC) is proposed to mitigate the oscillations. When employing TDC, the power control algorithm exhibits greater stability, which is important from a network perspective. Simulations illustrate the oscillations and the benefits of TDC. Moreover, the fading tracking capability is improved, and thus, less fading margin is needed. The results apply not only to wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), but to other direct-sequence (DS) CDMA systems power controlled in a similar manner as well.

A common strategy to utilize available resources in cellular radio systems is to control the transmitter powers. However, when applying power control to real systems, a number of challenges are prevalent. Available information in measurement reports are crude and highly quantized. This paper utilizes point-mass approximations of probability density functions to implement nonlinear estimation of relevant parameters. Most popular power control algorithms track specified target signal-to-interference ratios (SIR:s), but the challenge is to control target values in an outer control loop. Here target SIR:s are provided by utilizing models of the relation between a relevant quality measure, such as frame erasure rate (FER), and the estimated parameters. This is an interesting alternative to outer loop strategies based on relatively infrequent frame error measurements. The discussed outer loop can also include handling of different priorities. The methods proposed in this work are applicable to a general system, but FH-GSM is used as the example throughout the paper. Illuminating simulations of a FH-GSM system illustrate the behavior and performance, which are considered acceptable. By using the proposed outer loop, capacity gains of up to 30% have been observed.

Due to the rapid expansion of the cellular radio systems market, and the need for wireless multimedia services, the available resources have to be utilized efficently. A common strategy is to control the transmitter powers of the mobiles and base stations. However, when applying power control to real systems, a number of challenges are prevalent. The performance is limited by time delays, nonlinearities and the availability of measurements and adequate quality measures. In this paper we present a Power Regulator concept, which comprises an Unknown Input Observer, a Quality Mapper and a Power Control Algorithm. The applicability of the concept is exemplified using frequency hopping GSM, and simulations indicate benefits of employing the proposed concept.

Transmission power control is essential in WCDMA in order to optimize the bandwidth utilization which is critical when variable data ratesare used. One remaining problem is oscillations in the output powers due to round-trip delays in the power control loops together with the power up-down command device. The oscillations are naturally quantified using discrete-time describing functions, which are introduced and applied. More importantly, Time Delay Compensation (TDC) is proposed to mitigate the oscillations. When employing TDC, the power control algorithm operates more stable, which is important from a network perspective. Simulations illustrate the oscillations and the benefits of TDC. Moreover, the fading tracking capability is improved and thus less fading margin is needed. The latest news from standardization is to try to operate without additional delay when close to a base station. Nevertheless, there will still be more distant mobile stations for which TDC will be beneficial.

Thorough analytical analysis of cellular radio networks is difficult in general. Therefore simulation environments are adequate tools to gain understanding about the behaviour of algorithms used in cellular radio networks. In this report MOSE (MObile communications System Emulator) is described. The objective has been to develop an intuitive and user-friendly environment supported by a graphical user-interface. The implemented models include time-varying communication channels, co-channel interference, time delays and constraints. Several filtering and power control algorithms are implemented, and dedicated tests facilitate comparison with respect to different aspects.