Interference aware transmission power control method for wireless network nodes, comprised in a network having pair-wise active links, each having a directional antenna, comprising the steps of, for an individual node, for each active link of said individual node, said active link thus having a transmitter interface and a receiver interface, calculating a reduced transmitted power which will cause a corresponding reduced received power, such that: (a) transmitter interface and receiver interface can maintain connectivity of the active link with the reduced transmitted power, in the antenna direction between transmitter interface and receiver interface; (b) the reduced transmitted power does not create additional link-interference edges from any other active link, even if the transmission power of the other active link is maintained, in the antenna direction between the transmitting interface of the other active link and the receiver interface; and (c) the reduced transmitted power does not create additional hidden nodes, such that a CSRange of the reduced transmission power is still sufficient to inhibit transmission by any other interfering network node interface, in the antenna direction between said any other interfering network node interface and the receiver interface; reducing the transmitted power by the calculated reduced transmitted power; wherein (a) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver, in the direction of transmission between transmitter and receiver of the active link, will be above the minimum received power threshold required to maintain connectivity of the active link; wherein (b) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver will be above the minimum received power threshold required to avoid interference from any other network node other than the transmitter and receiver interfaces of the active link, in the direction of transmission between the other network node and the receiver interface; wherein (c) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that for any other network node that has a link-interference edge to the active link, the reduced received power at the other network node will be above a minimum received power threshold required to inhibit the other network node interface from transmitting, when using a Carrier Sense Range, CSRange. (a) transmitter interface and receiver interface can maintain connectivity of the active link with the reduced transmitted power, in the antenna direction between transmitter interface and receiver interface; (b) the reduced transmitted power does not create additional link-interference edges from any other active link, even if the transmission power of the other active link is maintained, in the antenna direction between the transmitting interface of the other active link and the receiver interface; and (c) the reduced transmitted power does not create additional hidden nodes, such that a CSRange of the reduced transmission power is still sufficient to inhibit transmission by any other interfering network node interface, in the antenna direction between said any other interfering network node interface and the receiver interface; reducing the transmitted power by the calculated reduced transmitted power; wherein (a) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver, in the direction of transmission between transmitter and receiver of the active link, will be above the minimum received power threshold required to maintain connectivity of the active link; wherein (b) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver will be above the minimum received power threshold required to avoid interference from any other network node other than the transmitter and receiver interfaces of the active link, in the direction of transmission between the other network node and the receiver interface; wherein (c) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that for any other network node that has a link-interference edge to the active link, the reduced received power at the other network node will be above a minimum received power threshold required to inhibit the other network node interface from transmitting, when using a Carrier Sense Range, CSRange. reducing the transmitted power by the calculated reduced transmitted power; wherein (a) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver, in the direction of transmission between transmitter and receiver of the active link, will be above the minimum received power threshold required to maintain connectivity of the active link; wherein (b) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that the reduced received power at the receiver will be above the minimum received power threshold required to avoid interference from any other network node other than the transmitter and receiver interfaces of the active link, in the direction of transmission between the other network node and the receiver interface; wherein (c) comprises calculating a reduced transmitted power, such that for any other network node that has a link-interference edge to the active link, the reduced received power at the other network node will be above a minimum received power threshold required to inhibit the other network node interface from transmitting, when using a Carrier Sense Range, CSRange.