Patent ID: 7746823

Claim:
A power control method, comprising the steps of: transmitting from a remote unit, a multi-tone packet having a plurality of tones with each tone having a different power level and at a different frequency, from other tones in the plurality of tones; receiving, at a base station, the multi-tone packet; processing, at the base station, the plurality of tones from the received multi-tone packet to generate a mask placement; selecting, using the mask, a tone from the plurality of tones meeting a desired selection criteria; transmitting, responsive to the selected tone, a BS packet from the base station, with the BS packet having power information from the power level of the mask at the selected tone; receiving, at the remote unit, the BS packet; setting, at the remote unit, responsive to the power information, a RU power level; and transmitting, from the remote unit, a plurality of packets, with the RU power level.