Mobile communication terminal and transmission power control method of the same

A transmission power control method in a mobile communication terminal that performs radio communication with a base transceiver station in a mobile communication system, the transmission power control method comprising:

• detecting a use state in communication of the mobile communication terminal about an occurrence of a start event of a transmission power decreasing process of decreasing a transmission power of the mobile communication terminal;
• calculating a monitoring period average value that is an average value of the transmission power from the mobile communication terminal to the base transceiver station in a monitoring period that is set beforehand and that is a period for calculating the average value of the transmission power;
• comparing the monitoring period average value calculated in the calculating step with a threshold value set in a corresponding table in accordance with the use state of the mobile communication terminal detected in the detecting step, the corresponding table being stored in a memory for setting the threshold value of the monitoring period average value for each use state of the mobile communication terminal;
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• when the monitoring period average value of the transmission power calculated in the calculating is equal to or greater than the threshold value, controlling the transmission power to be decreased by transmitting an instruction signal for suppressing the average value during a transmission power suppressing period, so that the average value of the transmission power in a control period that is a period from a start point of the monitoring period to an end point of the transmission power suppressing period following the monitoring period is set equal to or smaller than the threshold value;
• changing the threshold value by referring to the corresponding table stored in the memory in accordance with the use state detected in the detecting step;
• wherein the monitoring period is a period of not transmitting the instruction signal for suppressing the average value and a period of calculating the monitoring period average value;
• wherein the transmission power suppressing period that follows the monitoring period is a period of not being involved in calculating of the monitoring period average value;
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• wherein the step of calculating the average transmission and the step of controlling the transmission power are performed by the mobile communication terminal.

A mobile communication terminal that performs radio communication with a base transceiver station in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

• a use environment setting unit for detecting a use environment of the mobile communication terminal to set a basic environment permitted for increasing a transmission power of the mobile communication terminal or to set a low transmission power environment necessary for decreasing the transmission power of the mobile communication terminal;
• a use state detecting unit for detecting a use state in communication of the mobile communication terminal about an occurrence of a start event of a transmission power decreasing process of decreasing a transmission power of the mobile communication terminal;
• a threshold setting unit for setting a first threshold value or a second threshold value corresponding to the use environment detected by the use environment setting unit and the use state detected by the use state detecting unit, to set the first threshold value when the use environment of the mobile communication terminal is the basic environment or to set the second threshold value lower than the first threshold value when the use environment of the mobile communication terminal is the low transmission power environment;
• an average transmission power calculating unit for calculating a monitoring period average value that is an average value of the transmission power from the mobile communication terminal to the base transceiver station in a monitoring period that is set beforehand and that is a period for calculating the average value of the transmission power;
• a determination unit for comparing the monitoring period average value calculated by the average transmission power calculating unit with the first threshold value or the second threshold value set by the threshold setting unit;
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• a transmission power suppressing unit for, when the monitoring period average value is equal to or greater than the second threshold value, controlling the transmission power from the mobile communication terminal to the base transceiver station to be decreased by transmitting an instruction signal for suppressing the average value during a transmission power suppressing period, so that the average value of the transmission power in a control period that is a period from a start point of the monitoring period to an end point of the transmission power suppressing period following the monitoring period is set equal to or smaller than the second threshold value;
• wherein the monitoring period is a period of not transmitting the instruction signal for suppressing the average value and a period of calculating the monitoring period average value;
• wherein the transmission power suppressing period that follows the monitoring period is a period of not being involved in calculating of the monitoring period average value;
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• wherein the average transmission power calculating unit and the transmission power suppressing unit are provided in the mobile communication terminal.