首先需要理解power control (3GPPTS 36.213),当手机远离基站,为了保证通话质量,需要适当增加发送功率,当距离远到一定程度,但又没有可用的周边cell,则需要降低service的质量(e.g. bitrate)。
在3G网络比如UMTS、WCDMA,power control is needed at cell edge since channels are interfere each other.
在LTE网络,downlink and uplink are orthogona, so power control is not so important, 为了减少复杂度取消power control