Patent ID: 8493955

Claim:
In an ad-hoc wireless communication system, a method for resource management, comprising: receiving a request to reserve message from a first wireless communication device (WCD); determining a signal quality value based on the received request to reserve message; providing, as a response to the received request to reserve message, a transmission reservation confirm message that includes an assigned data rate; determining a threshold margin of the signal quality value at the data rate; transmitting a reduction in power value for adjusting the power of the first wireless communication device based on a received power in accordance with the signal quality value and the threshold margin, wherein the adjustment provides an increase in spatial reuse of signal spectrum; receiving a communication request from a further wireless communication device; and in the case that an acceptance of the communication request from the further wireless communication device will result in the signal quality value of the first wireless communication device falling below said threshold margin, refusing the communication request from the further wireless communication device, and in the case that the acceptance of the communication request from the further wireless communication device will result in the signal quality value of the first wireless communication device remaining within said threshold margin, accepting the communication request from the further wireless communication device.