CONTROLLING ACCESS POINT TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON RECEIVED ACCESS TERMINAL MESSAGES

摘要

Transmit power for an access point (106) is controlled based on information received by the access point. For example, an access point may employ one or more algorithms that use messages received from nearby access terminals (102, 104) to maintain an acceptable tradeoff between providing an adequate coverage area for access point transmissions and mitigating interference that these transmissions cause at nearby access terminals. Here, the access point may employ a network listen-based algorithm upon initialization of the access terminal to provide preliminary transmit power control until sufficient information is collected for another transmit power control algorithm (e.g., an access terminal assisted algorithm). Also, the access point may employ an active access terminal protection scheme to mitigate interference the access point may otherwise cause to a nearby access terminal (104) that is in active communication with another access point (108).