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A method and apparatus for controlling the transmit power levels of first and second base station transceivers, wherein the first and second base station transceivers are respectively associated with first and second sectors of a cell. The received signal strength of a communication signal arriving

A method and apparatus for controlling the transmit power levels of first and second base station transceivers, wherein the first and second base station transceivers are respectively associated with first and second sectors of a cell. The received signal strength of a communication signal arriving at the mobile station is initially determined. A power control value that is based on the received signal strength is then transmitted from the mobile station to the first and second base station transceivers. A first received power control value is next generated by attempting to receive the transmitted power control value at the first base station transceiver, and a second received power control value is generated by attempting to receive the transmitted power control value at the second base station transceiver. A common transmit power value is calculated at a base station controller for the first and second base station transceivers when the first and second received power control values are unequal. The communication signal is then transmitted from the first and second base station transceivers in accordance with the common transmit power value.

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1. In a telephone system having a base station controller associated with a sectorized cell, a first base station transceiver associated with a first sector of the cell and a second base station transceiver associated with a second sector of the cell, and a mobile station, a method for controlling t

1. In a telephone system having a base station controller associated with a sectorized cell, a first base station transceiver associated with a first sector of the cell and a second base station transceiver associated with a second sector of the cell, and a mobile station, a method for controlling the transmit power level of the first and second base station transceivers, comprising the steps of:(a) determining the received signal strength of a communication signal arriving at the mobile station; (b) transmitting a power control value based on the received signal strength to the first base station transceiver and the second base station transceiver; (c) generating a first received power control value by attempting to receive the transmitted power control value at the first base station transceiver; (d) generating a second received power control value by attempting to receive the transmitted power control value transmitted from the mobile station at the second base station transceiver; (e) calculating, at the base station controller, a common transmit power value for the transceivers if the first and second received power control values are unequal; and (f) transmitting the communication signal from the first and second based station transceivers in accordance with the common transmit power value.