Patent ID: 8442457

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: a) measuring a return power level present at antennas of a modifiable mobile communication device at regular time intervals; b) if an output power of the modifiable mobile communication device is greater than a predefined specific absorption rate level, comparing the return power level to a first threshold and skip to step e); c) if an output power of the modifiable mobile communication device is less than or equal to a predefined specific absorption rate level, implementing mobile transmit diversity; and d) repeating steps a-c; e) if the return power level is greater than the first threshold, implementing a mobile transmit diversity algorithm combined with a reflection-based beamforming technique, the reflection-based beamforming technique providing an adaptive beam shaping pattern that shapes a transmitted beam pattern to minimize an amount of reflected transmitted power; f) re-measuring the return power level; g) if the return power level has increased, applying a change to a diversity parameter of the mobile transmit diversity algorithm based on the results of the evaluating step; h) if the return power level is less than a second threshold, repeating steps a-c; and i) if the return power level is equal to or greater than the second threshold, repeating steps e-g.