Patent ID: 8145127

Claim:
A method in a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving an uplink scheduling grant at the user equipment in a frequency division multiplexed wireless system, where the uplink scheduling grant is received from a base station; establishing, at the user equipment, a desired power level based on at least the uplink scheduling grant; setting hardware power settings, at the user equipment, based on the desired power level; transmitting, by the user equipment, in a first subframe at a first power level based on the hardware power settings; measuring, at the user equipment, the first power level in the first subframe; determining, by the user equipment, a difference between the desired power level and the measured first power level; modifying, by the user equipment, the hardware power settings based on the difference; and transmitting, by the user equipment, at a second power level based on the modified hardware power settings in a next transmission corresponding to the transmission in the first subframe.