Patent ID: 7610020

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a base station information from at least one of a plurality of mobile stations, said information indicating whether at least one transmission transmitted by said base station satisfies predetermined criteria; determining, at a power level unit and in response to said received information, when said base station is to change a power level with which said base station transmits said at least one transmission to said at least one mobile station in a point to multipoint transmission; and changing said power level with which said base station transmits power when a determination has been made that said power level is to be changed, wherein when said received information indicates that said predetermined criteria has not been satisfied, said determining comprises determining that said power level with which said base station transmits is to be increased, wherein said determining comprises determining at the power level unit whether increasing said power level with which said base station transmits said at least one transmission would improve reception of said at least one transmission by said at least one mobile station, and wherein when said base station is transmitting at a maximum power, said determining comprises determining that a constant power level used by said base station is to be maintained.