Patent ID: 8295872

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a power measurement for a packet received from a remote station via a wireless link; processing the power measurement using a method which is dependent upon a value of the power measurement; and generating a power control signal, wherein processing the power measurement comprises: calculating a difference between the power measurement and a value of the power control signal; and if the difference exceeds a first threshold and a counter does not exceed a second threshold, the method further comprises one of: rejecting the measurement and incrementing the counter; and clipping the measurement, incrementing the counter and inputting the measurement to a filter; and incrementing the counter and inputting the measurement to a filter with a second time constant; and wherein if the method comprises incrementing the counter and inputting the measurement to a filter with a second time constant, the method yet further comprises: if the difference does not exceed the first threshold, resetting the counter and inputting the measurement to a filter with a first time constant; and if the difference exceeds the first threshold and the counter exceeds the second threshold, inputting the measurement to the filter with the first time constant, wherein the first time constant is larger than the second time constant.