A method in a network node, the method comprising: triggering a link adaptation for a channel transmission, the link adaptation comprising adjusting a transmit power of the channel transmission based at least in part on whether a previous channel transmission was correctly decoded; transmitting, to a wireless device, a first downlink, DL, channel transmission, as the previous channel transmission, at a first transmit power value; and receiving, from the wireless device, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, indication of reception of the first DL channel transmission, wherein the triggering the link adaptation for the channel transmission further comprises: performing the link adaptation comprising adjusting the transmit power of the channel transmission, which is a second DL channel transmission, based at least in part on the received HARQ indication, wherein the performing the link adaptation further comprises: if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to a maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by adjusting the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission; and if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to less than the maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by increasing the MCS of the second DL channel transmission and maintaining the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission at the first transmit power value. triggering a link adaptation for a channel transmission, the link adaptation comprising adjusting a transmit power of the channel transmission based at least in part on whether a previous channel transmission was correctly decoded; transmitting, to a wireless device, a first downlink, DL, channel transmission, as the previous channel transmission, at a first transmit power value; and receiving, from the wireless device, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, indication of reception of the first DL channel transmission, wherein the triggering the link adaptation for the channel transmission further comprises: performing the link adaptation comprising adjusting the transmit power of the channel transmission, which is a second DL channel transmission, based at least in part on the received HARQ indication, wherein the performing the link adaptation further comprises: if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to a maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by adjusting the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission; and if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to less than the maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by increasing the MCS of the second DL channel transmission and maintaining the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission at the first transmit power value. if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to a maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by adjusting the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission; and if the HARQ indication indicates an acknowledgement and a modulating and coding scheme, MCS, of the first DL channel transmission corresponds to less than the maximum MCS, performing the link adaptation by increasing the MCS of the second DL channel transmission and maintaining the transmit power of the second DL channel transmission at the first transmit power value.