Patent ID: 6853675

Claim:
A spread spectrum communication system for automatically adjusting transmission power level to optimize one or more aspects of the spread spectrum communication system performance, the communication system comprising: (a) a first spread spectrum transceiver adapted to transmit a spread spectrum signal, to receive and process transmission power level control information, and to adjust transmission power in accordance with the received transmission power level control information; and (b) a second spread spectrum transceiver adapted to receive the spread spectrum signal sent by the first spread spectrum transceiver and to subsequently generate the transmission power level control information, wherein the transmission power level control information includes a first component indicative of a ratio of a minimum acceptable received power level of the spread spectrum signal for a predetermined noise power level to a received power level of the spread spectrum signal, wherein the ratio is indicative of a minimum acceptable instantaneous received signal power of the Spread spectrum signal to an instantaneous received signal power of the spread spectrum signal.