Backhaul power control system in a wireless repeater

In a wireless cellular communication system having a base station located within a home cell and at least one substantially adjacent cell having a repeater station located therein for facilitating communication between said base station and a plurality of mobile units in said adjacent cell, apparatus for providing dynamic control of signal power levels in a bi-directional time division multiplexed (TDM) backhaul communication link between said base station and said repeater station, comprising:

• signal power measurement means for measuring, in a receiving one of said base station and said repeater station, a received signal power level of a signal transmitted between said base station and said repeater station;
• means for monitoring said bi-directional TDM backhaul communication link to identify an available TDM time slot channel assigned to at least one of said mobile units;
• means for automatically transmitting in said TDM time slot power level data based on said received signal power level from said receiving one of said base station and said repeater which was the source of said measured signal;
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• means for receiving said power level data at said source of said measured signal.

In a wireless cellular communication system having a base station located within a home cell and at least one substantially adjacent cell having a repeater station located therein for facilitating communication between said base station and a plurality of mobile units in said adjacent cell, apparatus for providing dynamic control of signal power levels in a bi-directional time division multiplexed (TDM) communication link between said base station and said repeater station, comprising:

• signal power measurement means for measuring, in a receiving one of said base station and said repeater station, a received signal power level of a signal transmitted between said base station and said repeater station;
• a station controller for receiving a signal power level measurement result from said signal power measurement means to provide a corresponding power level data;
• channel monitoring means for monitoring said bi-directional TDM backhaul communication link to identify an available TDM time slot channel assigned to at least one of said mobile units;
• a transmitter responsive to said station controller for transmitting in said TDM time slot said power level data from said receiving one of said base station and said repeater which was the source of said measured signal;
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• means for receiving said power level data at said source of said measured signal.