Patent ID: 9451558
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for adaptive transmit power control in a communication network, the method comprising: identifying, at a first network device of a local communication network, a second network device of the local communication network that is associated with a first performance measurement; determining, at the first network device, a link margin between the second network device and a neighbor network device of a neighbor communication network based, at least in part, on the first performance measurement and a second performance measurement of the neighbor network device; determining to transmit a first power control message from the first network device to request the neighbor network device to vary a transmit power, based, at least in part, on the link margin; receiving, at the first network device, a response message from the neighbor network device indicating whether the neighbor network device will reduce the transmit power; and determining whether to reuse or share a common communication channel between the local communication network and the neighbor communication network based, at least in part, on whether the neighbor network device will reduce the transmit power.