Multicarrier communication apparatus, multicarrier communication system, and transmission power control method

摘要

A multicarrier communication apparatus capable of reducing an amount of information required for feedback, making a range of transmission power fluctuation small, and achieving rapid convergence on a target transmission power is disclosed. With this apparatus, subcarrier pair determination section (1142) puts a plurality of subcarriers contained in a multicarrier signal into pairs, notifies combining section (106) of information pertaining to the pairs of subcarriers, combines received power of each pair of subcarriers, and outputs combined received power obtained in this manner to command producing section (1146). Target power storage section (1144) stores target power for received power in such a manner that SIR at the subject apparatus becomes a desired SIR. Command producing section (1146) compares combined received power for the pairs of subcarriers and target received power, produces a command indicating a difference in power between these two received powers, and generates a control signal containing the produced command.