Patent ID: 9635625
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of controlling power level of the transmit signals from a wireless device that is communicating with more than one other wireless communication apparatus as part of an ad-hoc network, comprising the steps of: a. detecting a first value of a usage parameter of a communication between the wireless device and a first one of the more than one other wireless communication apparatus; b. setting in the wireless device a power level of a transmit signal for transmitting a message from the wireless device to the first one of the more than one other wireless communication apparatus to a first power level corresponding to the first value; c. detecting a second value of a usage parameter of a communication between the wireless device and a second one of the more than one other wireless communication apparatus; d. setting in the wireless device a power level of a transmit signal for transmitting a message from the wireless device to the second one of the more than one other wireless communication apparatus to a second power level corresponding to the second value, different from the first power level, while maintaining an active communication connection with the first one of the more than one other wireless communication apparatus at the first power level.