A method for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling with a counterpart communications device, the method comprising: adjusting a configuration of the communications device, that is at least one of a phase configuration of a transmitter of the communications device and an amplitude or power configuration of a transmitter of the communications device, in response to a clock signal that is synchronized to a received clock signal; obtaining information that corresponds to transmission current or transmission power generated, and/or a received signal strength information at a receiver of the communication device, in response to the adjusted configuration; quantifying a transmitter detuning condition and/or a receiver detuning condition in response to the obtained information, respectively, wherein a transmitter detuning condition is defined as a ratio between an actual transmitter impedance with a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device and a nominal transmitter impedance without a corresponding counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device, and wherein a receiver detuning condition is defined as a ratio of an actual receiver gain when a counterpart communications device is in close proximity to the communications device and a nominal receiver gain without a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communications device; and adjusting a transmitter configuration of the communications device in response to the quantified detuning condition, wherein the transmitter configuration is one of a transmitter modulation configuration, a transmitter impedance configuration, and a transmitter output power configuration. adjusting a configuration of the communications device, that is at least one of a phase configuration of a transmitter of the communications device and an amplitude or power configuration of a transmitter of the communications device, in response to a clock signal that is synchronized to a received clock signal; obtaining information that corresponds to transmission current or transmission power generated, and/or a received signal strength information at a receiver of the communication device, in response to the adjusted configuration; quantifying a transmitter detuning condition and/or a receiver detuning condition in response to the obtained information, respectively, wherein a transmitter detuning condition is defined as a ratio between an actual transmitter impedance with a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device and a nominal transmitter impedance without a corresponding counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device, and wherein a receiver detuning condition is defined as a ratio of an actual receiver gain when a counterpart communications device is in close proximity to the communications device and a nominal receiver gain without a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communications device; and adjusting a transmitter configuration of the communications device in response to the quantified detuning condition, wherein the transmitter configuration is one of a transmitter modulation configuration, a transmitter impedance configuration, and a transmitter output power configuration. wherein a transmitter detuning condition is defined as a ratio between an actual transmitter impedance with a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device and a nominal transmitter impedance without a corresponding counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communication device, and wherein a receiver detuning condition is defined as a ratio of an actual receiver gain when a counterpart communications device is in close proximity to the communications device and a nominal receiver gain without a counterpart communications device in close proximity to the communications device; and adjusting a transmitter configuration of the communications device in response to the quantified detuning condition, wherein the transmitter configuration is one of a transmitter modulation configuration, a transmitter impedance configuration, and a transmitter output power configuration.