Comparison of conventional and soft computing-based control methods in a power regulation application

We give a comparison between the conventional power control scheme and a soft computing-based approach in a mobile communications application. At the base station, the `bang-bang´ control strategy and a neural network-based prediction control method are employed respectively. In addition, full power command, single-bit command transmission mode, and fuzzy logic-based power command enhancement unit, are considered. Based on numerical simulation experiments, we quantitatively evaluate the performance of various combinations of these control methods and command transmission modes. Finally, conclusions on the optimal configuration are given