Power control during a transmission pause

A method for controlling transmission power levels of a transmitter station during a transmission pause, the method comprising:

• performing closed loop power control prior to the transmission pause;
• determining a closed loop transmission power level prior to the pause;
• receiving a reference signal and measuring a received power level of the reference signal prior to and during the transmission pause;
• comparing the measured reference signal received power levels to a transmit power level of the reference signals to produce a pathloss estimate of the reference signal prior to and during the transmission pause;
• determining a new transmit power level by adjusting the closed loop transmission power level by a change between the prior to and during pathloss estimates;
• setting a transmission power level of the transmitting station to the determined new transmit power level;
• and
• transmitting a communication at the set transmission power level.