A method of wireless communication, comprising: on a femto node: monitoring an interference level to a macrocell base station from a user equipment communicating with the femto node; determining an acceptable transmit power for the user equipment responsive to the interference level; and transmitting a power limitation from the femto node to the user equipment responsive to the acceptable transmit power; wherein monitoring the interference level further comprises: detecting a received signal power from the macrocell base station; determining a transmitted signal power from the macrocell base station; and evaluating the transmitted signal power and the received signal power to determine a downlink path loss; and wherein determining the acceptable transmit power further comprises: correlating a femto-uplink path loss to the downlink path loss; approximating a user equipment uplink path loss from the femto-uplink path loss; and determining the acceptable transmit power from the user equipment uplink path loss. on a femto node: monitoring an interference level to a macrocell base station from a user equipment communicating with the femto node; determining an acceptable transmit power for the user equipment responsive to the interference level; and transmitting a power limitation from the femto node to the user equipment responsive to the acceptable transmit power; wherein monitoring the interference level further comprises: detecting a received signal power from the macrocell base station; determining a transmitted signal power from the macrocell base station; and evaluating the transmitted signal power and the received signal power to determine a downlink path loss; and wherein determining the acceptable transmit power further comprises: correlating a femto-uplink path loss to the downlink path loss; approximating a user equipment uplink path loss from the femto-uplink path loss; and determining the acceptable transmit power from the user equipment uplink path loss. monitoring an interference level to a macrocell base station from a user equipment communicating with the femto node; determining an acceptable transmit power for the user equipment responsive to the interference level; and transmitting a power limitation from the femto node to the user equipment responsive to the acceptable transmit power; wherein monitoring the interference level further comprises: detecting a received signal power from the macrocell base station; determining a transmitted signal power from the macrocell base station; and evaluating the transmitted signal power and the received signal power to determine a downlink path loss; and detecting a received signal power from the macrocell base station; determining a transmitted signal power from the macrocell base station; and evaluating the transmitted signal power and the received signal power to determine a downlink path loss; and wherein determining the acceptable transmit power further comprises: correlating a femto-uplink path loss to the downlink path loss; approximating a user equipment uplink path loss from the femto-uplink path loss; and determining the acceptable transmit power from the user equipment uplink path loss. correlating a femto-uplink path loss to the downlink path loss; approximating a user equipment uplink path loss from the femto-uplink path loss; and determining the acceptable transmit power from the user equipment uplink path loss.