Power control and quality of service (QoS) implementation in a communication system

An apparatus comprising:

• means for processing at least one data transmission for a Quality of Service (QoS) class to obtain status information for the at least one data transmission;
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• means for updating a QoS parameter for the QoS class based on the status information and at least one requirement for the QoS class and for generating power control information based upon the QoS parameter.

A method of implementing Quality of Service (QoS) in a communication system, comprising:

• processing at least one data transmission for a QoS class to obtain status information for the at least one data transmission;
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• updating a QoS parameter for the QoS class based on the status information and at least one requirement for the QoS class, wherein the QoS parameter is used for power control of the at least one data transmission.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor operative to process at least one data transmission for each of a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) classes and to provide status information for the at least one data transmission in each QoS class;
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• a controller operative to update a QoS parameter for each QoS class based on at least one requirement for the QoS class and the status information for the at least one data transmission in the QoS class and to generate power control information for the at least one data transmission in the QoS class based upon the QoS parameter for the QoS class.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor operative to process a plurality of data transmissions from a plurality of terminals in communication with a base station, wherein the plurality of data transmissions comprise at least one data transmission for each of at least one Quality of Service (QoS) class;
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• a controller operative to update a QoS parameter for each of the at least one QoS class based on at least one requirement for the QoS class and status information for the at least one data transmission for the QoS class.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for processing a plurality of data transmissions from a plurality of terminals in communication with a base station, wherein the plurality of data transmissions comprise at least one data transmission for each of at least one Quality of Service (QoS) class;
• and
• means for updating a QoS parameter for each of the at least one QoS class based on at least one requirement for the QoS class and status information for the at least one data transmission for the QoS class.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor operative to obtain a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter for a QoS class, the QoS parameter being used for power control to meet at least one requirement for the QoS class;
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• a controller operative to determine transmit power for data transmission to a base station based on the QoS parameter.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for obtaining a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter for a QoS class, the QoS parameter being used for power control to meet at least one requirement for the QoS class;
• and
• means for determining transmit power for data transmission to a base station based on the QoS parameter.