A wireless communication element, comprising: a transmit path configured to convert a first digital signal into a first wireless communication signal based at least on an oscillator signal; an antenna tuner coupled to the transmit path; and a control path coupled to the antenna tuner, the control path comprising: a radio frequency coupler having a coupled port and a terminated port, wherein the coupled port carries an incident power signal indicative of an incident power transmitted to an antenna coupled to the antenna tuner, and wherein the terminated port carries a reflected power signal indicative of a reflected power reflected by the antenna; a switch coupled to the radio frequency coupler; and a downconverter coupled to the switch to alternatingly receive the incident power signal and the reflected power signal from the radio frequency coupler, wherein the downconverter is configured to downconvert, based at least on the oscillator signal, the incident power signal to a baseband incident power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component, and the reflected power signal to a baseband reflected power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component; one or more analog-to-digital converters configured to convert the baseband incident power signal into a digital incident power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component, and to convert the baseband reflected power signal into a digital reflected power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component; a power measurement module configured to calculate an incident power based at least on the in-phase channel component and the quadrature channel component of the digital incident power signal, and to calculate a reflected power based at least on the in-phase channel component and the quadrature channel component of the digital reflected power signal; and a control module configured to communicate one or more control signals to the antenna tuner for controlling an impedance of the antenna tuner based on at least on the incident power and the reflected power. a transmit path configured to convert a first digital signal into a first wireless communication signal based at least on an oscillator signal; an antenna tuner coupled to the transmit path; and a control path coupled to the antenna tuner, the control path comprising: a radio frequency coupler having a coupled port and a terminated port, wherein the coupled port carries an incident power signal indicative of an incident power transmitted to an antenna coupled to the antenna tuner, and wherein the terminated port carries a reflected power signal indicative of a reflected power reflected by the antenna; a switch coupled to the radio frequency coupler; and a downconverter coupled to the switch to alternatingly receive the incident power signal and the reflected power signal from the radio frequency coupler, wherein the downconverter is configured to downconvert, based at least on the oscillator signal, the incident power signal to a baseband incident power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component, and the reflected power signal to a baseband reflected power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component; a radio frequency coupler having a coupled port and a terminated port, wherein the coupled port carries an incident power signal indicative of an incident power transmitted to an antenna coupled to the antenna tuner, and wherein the terminated port carries a reflected power signal indicative of a reflected power reflected by the antenna; a switch coupled to the radio frequency coupler; and a downconverter coupled to the switch to alternatingly receive the incident power signal and the reflected power signal from the radio frequency coupler, wherein the downconverter is configured to downconvert, based at least on the oscillator signal, the incident power signal to a baseband incident power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component, and the reflected power signal to a baseband reflected power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component; one or more analog-to-digital converters configured to convert the baseband incident power signal into a digital incident power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component, and to convert the baseband reflected power signal into a digital reflected power signal having an in-phase channel component and a quadrature channel component; a power measurement module configured to calculate an incident power based at least on the in-phase channel component and the quadrature channel component of the digital incident power signal, and to calculate a reflected power based at least on the in-phase channel component and the quadrature channel component of the digital reflected power signal; and a control module configured to communicate one or more control signals to the antenna tuner for controlling an impedance of the antenna tuner based on at least on the incident power and the reflected power.