Patent ID: 7706321

Claim:
A system, comprising: a base station; and a device, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a frame with a gain based on a given traffic-to-pilot ratio, wherein the transmitter retransmits the frame upon receiving an indication that the frame was not successfully decoded; and a processor configured to adjust the traffic-to-pilot ratio to an adjusted traffic-to-pilot ratio if the retransmitted frame is successfully decoded, wherein the transmitter retransmits the frame with a gain based on the adjusted traffic-to-pilot ratio and the processor is configured to decrease the traffic-to-pilot ratio by an adjustment factor if the retransmitted frame was successfully decoded, and wherein if the adjusted traffic-to-pilot ratio decreases below a lowest allowable traffic-to-pilot ratio, the processor instructs the transmitter to retransmit the frame with a gain based on the lowest allowable traffic-to-pilot ratio.