Patent ID: 8537761

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending, by a wireless base station device during a backhaul period preceding a scheduling period, a first wireless signal comprising first data directed to a mesh base station device for facilitating a transmission by the mesh base station device during the scheduling period via a resource of a wireless resource allocation, of a second wireless signal comprising the first data directed to a first wireless subscriber device, wherein the backhaul period is associated with communications corresponding to a backhaul link between the wireless base station device and the mesh base station device; sending, by the wireless base station device during the scheduling period based on the resource of the wireless resource allocation, a third wireless signal comprising second data different than the first data, wherein the sending the third wireless signal is directed to a second wireless subscriber device; determining, by the wireless base station device, traffic load data; and sending, by the wireless base station device, the traffic load data directed to the mesh base station device for facilitating a change of a transmit power of the mesh base station device as a function of the traffic load data.