Performance of power control algorithms in wideband CDMA systems

In cellular WCDMA systems, power control is used to assist the receiver to achieve minimum signal power deviation from its desired mean value. By minimising the signal power variation, the desired bit error rate of the desired user can be achieved while causing minimum interference to other multiple access users. We investigate two power control algorithms. Namely, the conventional fixed step-size power control algorithm and the newly proposed adaptive step-size algorithm. Simulations on a frequency selective fading, L-resolvable multipaths reverse link system were carried out. Lastly, results in terms of bit error probability for the above mentioned algorithms were presented.