A Base Station, BS, that functions as a Long Term Evolution, LTE, Licensed Assisted Access, LAA, transmission point, the BS comprising circuitry to: adaptively determine a first energy detection, ED, threshold value for a first User Equipment, UE, and a second ED threshold value for a second UE to use when performing a Listen-Before-Talk, LBT, operation, the adaptive determination including selectively choosing the first and second ED threshold values from at least two or more possible ED threshold values; and transmit data, to the first UE (110; 610; 620), and the second UE (110; 610; 620), via LTE-LAA downlink transmission, the transmission including performing a LBT operation using the adaptively determined first and second ED threshold values; wherein the BS transmits to the first UE (110; 610; 620) based on a first transmit power value and to the second UE (110; 610; 620) based on a second transmit power value, and when adaptively determining the first and second ED threshold values, the BS further includes circuitry to: determine a first modifier value for the first UE (110; 610; 620) and a second modifier value for the second UE (110; 610; 620), wherein the second modifier value is different than the first modifier value; and proportionally modify an ED threshold value and a transmit power value based on the first modifier value to determine the first ED threshold value and a first transmit power value for the first UE, and based on the second modifier value to determine the second ED threshold value and a second transmit power value for the second UE; wherein the proportional modification comprises inversely modifying the ED threshold value and the transmit power value such that an increase in the ED threshold value corresponds to a decrease in the transmit power value. adaptively determine a first energy detection, ED, threshold value for a first User Equipment, UE, and a second ED threshold value for a second UE to use when performing a Listen-Before-Talk, LBT, operation, the adaptive determination including selectively choosing the first and second ED threshold values from at least two or more possible ED threshold values; and transmit data, to the first UE (110; 610; 620), and the second UE (110; 610; 620), via LTE-LAA downlink transmission, the transmission including performing a LBT operation using the adaptively determined first and second ED threshold values; wherein the BS transmits to the first UE (110; 610; 620) based on a first transmit power value and to the second UE (110; 610; 620) based on a second transmit power value, and when adaptively determining the first and second ED threshold values, the BS further includes circuitry to: determine a first modifier value for the first UE (110; 610; 620) and a second modifier value for the second UE (110; 610; 620), wherein the second modifier value is different than the first modifier value; and proportionally modify an ED threshold value and a transmit power value based on the first modifier value to determine the first ED threshold value and a first transmit power value for the first UE, and based on the second modifier value to determine the second ED threshold value and a second transmit power value for the second UE; wherein the proportional modification comprises inversely modifying the ED threshold value and the transmit power value such that an increase in the ED threshold value corresponds to a decrease in the transmit power value. determine a first modifier value for the first UE (110; 610; 620) and a second modifier value for the second UE (110; 610; 620), wherein the second modifier value is different than the first modifier value; and proportionally modify an ED threshold value and a transmit power value based on the first modifier value to determine the first ED threshold value and a first transmit power value for the first UE, and based on the second modifier value to determine the second ED threshold value and a second transmit power value for the second UE; wherein the proportional modification comprises inversely modifying the ED threshold value and the transmit power value such that an increase in the ED threshold value corresponds to a decrease in the transmit power value.