METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY SCHEDULING IN TD-SCDMA HSUPA

Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for power control for high-efficiency scheduling for Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). The basic principle of this power control for a scheduled Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) Physical Uplink Channel (E-PUCH) is that all information for a transport block size (TBS) decision is made available at a user equipment (UE). Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communications. The method generally includes receiving, from a UE, an uplink signal, determining a reference uplink power level based on a filtered interference power of the received signal, and transmitting an indication of the reference uplink power level to the UE. 144.-. (canceled)45. A method for wireless communications , comprising:transmitting, to a Node B, an uplink signal;receiving, from the Node B, an indication of a reference uplink power level based on a filtered interference power of the transmitted uplink signal;determining a transport block size (TBS) based on the reference uplink power level; andtransmitting, to the Node B, a packet according to the TBS.46. The method of claim 45 , wherein the uplink signal comprises a request for scheduling information.47. The method of claim 46 , wherein the request for the scheduling information is transmitted via an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) Physical Channel (E-PUCH) or an E-DCH Random Access Uplink Control Channel (E-RUCCH).48. The method of claim 45 , further comprising:determining a serving and neighbor cell path loss (SNPL); anddetermining a maximum allowed transmit power based on the determined SNPL and a SNPL target.49. The method of claim 48 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the indication of the reference uplink power level via an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) Absolute Grant Channel (E-AGCH).50. The method of claim 49 , further comprising:{'sup': 'th', 'measuring a received signal code ...