Method and apparatus for estimating a maximum rate of data and for estimating power required for transmission of data at a rate of data in a communication system

A method for detecting an outage, comprising:

• determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• declaring an outage event when power required for transmission of a reference signal exceeds power required for transmission of the reference signal determined form the modified quality metric.

A method for detecting an outage, comprising:

• determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• determining a maximum rate of data in accordance with said modified quality metric,
• declaring an outage event when power required for transmission of data at the maximum rate of data exceeds maximum allowable transmission power.

A method for estimating power required for transmission of a data, comprising:

• determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• determining power required for transmission of a data in accordance with said modified quality metric and a rate of the data.

An apparatus for estimating a reverse link maximum data rate, comprising:

• means for determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• means for modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• means for determining a maximum rate of data in accordance with said modified quality metric.

An apparatus for detecting an outage, comprising:

• means for determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• means for modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• means for declaring an outage event when power required for transmission of a reference signal exceeds power required for transmission of the reference signal determined form the modified quality metric.

An apparatus for detecting an outage, comprising:

• means for determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• means for modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• means for determining a maximum rate of data in accordance with said modified quality metric,
• means for declaring an outage event when power required for transmission of data at the maximum rate of data exceeds maximum allowable transmission power.

An apparatus for estimating power required for transmission of a data, comprising:

• means for determining at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• means for modifying said quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• means for determining power required for transmission of a data in accordance with said modified quality metric and a rate of the data.

An apparatus for estimating a reverse link maximum data rate, comprising:

• an estimator configured to determine at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• a combiner communicatively coupled to said estimator configured to modify the quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• a processing block communicatively coupled to said combiner configured to determine a maximum rate of data in accordance with the modified quality metric.

A apparatus for estimating power required for transmission of a data, comprising:

• an estimator configured to determine at a source of data a quality metric of a link over which data is to be transmitted;
• a combiner communicatively coupled to said estimator configured to modify the quality metric by a quality metric margin;
• and
• a processing block communicatively coupled to said combiner configured to determine power required for transmission of a data in accordance with said modified quality metric and a rate of the data.