Patent ID: 9119178
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a transmission parameter for use by a first wireless communication device (WCD), comprising: a control unit obtaining a propagation value that is indicative of a radio link between the first WCD and a second WCD; the control unit obtaining a set of one or more weather values that is indicative of a weather state at or near the first WCD; the control unit determining whether said propagation value satisfies a predetermined propagation condition; the control unit determining whether said weather state satisfies a predetermined weather condition; the control unit performing a first transmission parameter selection procedure in response to determining at least that the propagation value satisfies the predetermined propagation condition and the weather state satisfies the predetermined weather condition; and the control unit performing a second transmission parameter selection procedure, which is different than the first transmission parameter selection procedure, when the propagation value does not satisfy the predetermined propagation condition or the weather state does not satisfy the predetermined weather condition.