Patent ID: 8340679

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method comprising: receiving a plurality of signals from a first sector and a second sector; for a first quantity of time slots that comprises at least a portion of a frame, (1) inspecting each signal that has been received from the first sector and the second sector to determine whether each signal meets a quality threshold, (2) based on whether the quality threshold is met, assigning a power control command to each of the first quantity of time slots for the first sector and the second sector, and (3) communicating an overall power control command to the first sector and the second sector for each of the first quantity of time slots, wherein the overall power control command for a particular time slot is determined based on the assigned power control commands for the particular time slot; determining which of the first sector or the second sector is transmitting higher quality signals for the first quantity of time slots based on the assigned power control commands; and for each of a second quantity of time slots, communicating the overall power control command to the first sector and the second sector, wherein, if the first sector is transmitting higher quality signals, the overall power control command communicated to the first sector and the second sector corresponds to the power control command assigned to the first sector for a corresponding time slot, and if the second sector is transmitting higher quality signals, the overall power control command communicated to the first sector and the second sector for each of the second quantity of time slots corresponds to the power control command assigned to the second sector for the corresponding time slot.