Power control in Wireless Cellular Networks with a time-varying delay

Uplink transmission power control is an essential task in Wireless Cellular Networks (WCNs) due to the resource limitation of the Mobile Stations (MSs). One remaining problem is the effect of the delay caused by measuring the signal strength and decision making in the Inner-Loop Power Control (ILPC). In this article, we develop the Potential Feedback Controller (PFC) for a linear scalar discrete-time system with disturbance in order to take into account an unknown bounded time-varying input delay for uplink ILPC. The main interest of the PFC is to treat easily a stabilization problem with a constraint on the state space by using a nonlinear feedback control with a short computation time. Simulations illustrate that by applying the PFC, the communication connectivity is ensured by maintaining the signal strength above a required limit.