Method and corresponding apparatus for power control

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A wireless access point apparatus in a multi-point coordination system of a heterogeneous network, comprising:

• an obtaining module for obtaining all pathlosses PL1, . . . , PLn of all coordination pico wireless access points in a coordination set of a user equipment and obtaining a real pathlosss PL0 from the user equipment to a macro wireless access point;
• a calculating module for calculating a virtual pathloss PL′0 from a virtual user equipment corresponding to the user equipment to the macro wireless access point based on the obtained respective pathlosses PL0 and PL1, . . . , PLn;
• an informing module for informing the user equipment of information related to the calculated virtual pathloss PL′0.

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A user equipment in a multi-point coordination system of a heterogeneous network, comprising:

• a receiving module for receiving information related to a virtual pathloss PL′0 from a wireless access point acting as a scheduling network element;
• a power control module for performing power control using uplink open-loop power control parameters for a macro wireless access point based on the information related to the virtual pathloss PL′0.

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