Patent ID: 8000284

Claim:
An access terminal that is configured for wireless communication with an access network, comprising: an antenna; memory encoded with instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions encoded on the memory to implement a method comprising: determining whether a current transmission power allocation grant for a flow on the access terminal has been received at the access terminal from the access network; if the current transmission power allocation grant is still active, setting a current transmission power allocation for the flow equal to the current transmission power allocation grant; if the current transmission power allocation power allocation grant has not been received, determining the current transmission power allocation for the flow; determining an accumulated transmission power allocation for the flow on the access terminal; using the current transmission power allocation for the flow and the accumulated transmission power allocation for the flow to determine, at the access terminal, a total available transmission power for the flow; and using the total available power for the flow to determine a transmission power level for transmitting a packet via the antenna to the access network.