Patent ID: 8577426

Claim:
A mobile computing device comprising: a radio processor to perform radio operations; a battery; at least one antenna; a power control module to: make a determination whether the mobile computing device is being used in either a talk position in which the mobile computing device is in contact with a user or a free space position in which the mobile computing device is not in contact with the user based on at least one of detected current supplied by the battery or detected impedance of the at least one antenna, determine that a total radiation power (TRP) of the at least one antenna when an initial conducted power level is provided to the at least one antenna exceeds a minimum threshold TRP, determine an amount in which to reduce the initial conducted power level that is provided to the at least one antenna, the amount being based on whether the mobile computing device is being used in the talk position or the free space position, and instruct the radio processor to reduce the initial conducted power level that is provided to the at least one antenna by the determined amount, wherein the radio processor controls power supplied by the battery.