osmo-nitb / osmo-bsc ms max power dynamic value

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Harald Welte laforge at gnumonks.org
Fri Sep 15 08:53:16 UTC 2017


Hi Ron,

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 08:03:34AM +0000, Ron wrote:
> Is there a way to configure the “ms max power” to a dynamic value
> depending on the distance of the mobile phone to the base station?

The "ms max power" is the maximum RF power that is used by the MS for
the RACH burst.  It is impossible to know the distance of the MS at
that time.

> For now, the default value is 12. Meaning, the base station is telling
> the mobile phone to transmit in the power of 12dBm either the phone is
> besides the base station or on the edge of the base station.

I think you're confusing the uplink transmit power control loop during
active dedicated channels with the maximum power used during RACH.

Regards,
	Harald
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