Reliability determination and combining of power control commands received in a wireless communication system

An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for determining a transmit power control (TPC) target value used for determining reliability of received TPC commands;
• means for comparing the received TPC commands against the TPC target value;
• and
• means for providing a detected TPC command for each of the received TPC commands based on a result of the comparison, wherein the detected TPC command indicates that the received TPC command is unreliable when an absolute value of the received TPC command is less than the TPC target value.

A method of determining reliability of transmit power control (TPC) commands received from a transmitter in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• determining a TPC target value used for determining reliability of received TPC commands;
• comparing the received TPC commands against the TPC target value;
• and
• providing a detected TPC command for each of the received TPC commands based on a result of the comparison, wherein the detected TPC command indicates that the received TPC command is unreliable when an absolute value of the received TPC command is less than the TPC target value.

A processor readable media including instructions operable in a wireless communication device to:

• determine a transmit power control (TPC) target value used for determining reliability of received TPC commands;
• compare the received TPC commands against the TPC target value;
• and
• provide a detected TPC command for each of the received TPC commands based on a result of the comparison, the detected TPC command indicating that the received TPC command is unreliable when an absolute value of the received TPC command is less than the TPC target value.

A device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a computation unit operative to provide a transmit power control (TPC) target value for each of a plurality of transmitters;
• a detection unit operative to compare the received TPC commands for each of the plurality of transmitters against the TPC target value for the transmitter to provide detected TPC commands for the transmitter;
• and
• a TPC combiner operative to combine detected TPC commands for the plurality of transmitters to provide TPC decisions.

An integrated circuit in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a computation unit operative to provide a transmit power control (TPC) target value for each of a plurality of transmitters;
• a detection unit operative to compare received TPC commands for each of the plurality of transmitters against the TPC target value for the transmitter to provide detected TPC commands for the transmitter;
• and
• a TPC combiner operative to combine detected TPC commands for the plurality of transmitters to provide TPC decisions.

An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for determining a transmit power control (TPC) target value for each of a plurality of transmitters;
• means for comparing received TPC commands for each of the plurality of transmitters against the TPC target value for the transmitter to provide detected TPC commands for the transmitter;
• and
• means for combining detected TPC commands for the plurality of transmitters to provide TPC decisions.

A method of combining transmit power control (TPC) commands received in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• determining a TPC target value for each of a plurality of transmitters;
• comparing received TPC commands for each of the plurality of transmitters against the TPC target value for the transmitter to provide detected TPC commands for the transmitter;
• and
• combining detected TPC commands for the plurality of transmitters to provide TPC decisions.