Patent ID: 7346355

Claim:
A method for determining a throughput for a wireless device, the wireless device communicating with a base station, comprising steps of: A: Determining a transmission power, a maximum allowable transmission power, a minimum allowable transmission power for the wireless device; B: Providing an increasing parameter and a decreasing parameter; C: Receiving a frame of a signal from the base station, the frame having a plurality of slots, each slot having a transmission power control command; D: For each slot, determining the transmission power according to the transmission power control command, if the transmission power is above the maximum allowable transmission power, increasing a power excess parameter by one and if the transmission power is below a minimum allowable transmission power increasing a power deficient parameter by one; E: Increasing the throughput of the wireless device if the power deficient parameter is larger than the increasing parameter; F: Reducing the throughput of the wireless device if the power excess parameter is larger than the decreasing parameter; G: Maintaining the throughput, if the power deficient parameter is not larger than the increasing parameter and if the power excess parameter is not larger than the decreasing parameter.