Patent ID: 8116253

Claim:
A method of controlling forward and reverse link channel transmission power, P transmit , to and from a user terminal in a wireless communications system having a plurality of beams, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving an in-use formatted message signal to noise ratio (SNR) of an active signal of interest; (b) determining a baseline power level, P baseline , from the received active formatted message SNR, wherein the determining step comprises calculating a transmit power level offset; (c) identifying an interference susceptibility of the active signal of interest comprising the step of measuring a signal power of at least one adjacent signal at a receiver; (d) transmitting a formatted interference message comprising segregating interference susceptibility into categories detected at the receiver; (e) determining a power margin, P margin , from the identified interference susceptibility; (f) identifying a quality of service metric (QSM) associated with the active signal of interest; (g) determining a power level correction factor, P correction , based on the QSM; (h) identifying a signal fade condition associated with the active signal of interest; (j) determining a fade margin power level P fade , based on the signal fade condition; and (k) setting P transmit based on P baseline , P margin , P correction , and P fade .