Patent ID: 7395037

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: an indoor unit configured to provide communications to a user device, the indoor unit having an indoor unit controller configured to control a power level of communications provided from the indoor unit; an outdoor unit configured to transmit and receive wireless communications, the outdoor unit containing: an attenuator configured to attenuate a communication signal received from the indoor unit as an input signal to be transmitted by the outdoor unit; a detector configured to detect a power level of the input signal received from the indoor unit; a detector configured to detect a power level of an output signal output by the outdoor unit as an output signal to be transmitted; and an outdoor unit controller configured to receive the power level of the output signals and power level of the input signals and to control the attenuator to attenuate the input signal to cause the output signal to obtain a predetermined power level, wherein the outdoor unit controller further provides settings for the attenuator used to attenuate the input signal to the indoor unit controller.