Patent ID: 8909282

Claim:
A method implemented in a wireless communication apparatus, comprising: receiving, at an access terminal, an indication of at least one operating mode indicative of a proximity and an orientation of at least one transmitting antenna of the wireless communication apparatus, the indication including an indexable value which identifies a corresponding power limit; selecting, at an access terminal, from a plurality of transformations associated with the at least one operating mode, wherein the selected transformation is selected based on a table chosen based on at least one of a first priority tier and a second priority tier and based on the indexable value; applying, at an access terminal, a selected transformation to adjust a relationship between a power transmission level of a first transmitter and a power transmission level of a second transmitter; and determining, at an access terminal, a target power transmission level of the first transmitter based on the adjusted relationship and a current power transmission level of the second transmitter, wherein the first transmitter is associated with the first priority tier and the second transmitter is associated with the second priority tier, and wherein the selected transformation is selected based on the priority tier.