Patent ID: 8478328

Claim:
A method in a schedulable wireless communication entity having an operational maximum power level and that communicates in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, at the schedulable wireless communication entity, a radio resource assignment, the radio resource assignment includes resources in a frequency band; varying an operational maximum power level of the schedulable wireless communication entity based on whether the schedulable wireless communication entity is communicating time-critical traffic or non-time-critical traffic, the operational maximum power level limits an instantaneous power at which the schedulable wireless communication entity may transmit on the radio resource assigned; wherein varying the operational maximum power level includes: decreasing the operational maximum power level by a first adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is communicating time-critical traffic and by a second adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is communicating non-time-critical traffic as bandwidth allocated to the schedulable wireless communication entity increases, an amount of the first adjustment and the second adjustment are dependent on the increase in bandwidth; and increasing the operational maximum power level by a third adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is communicating time-critical traffic and by a fourth adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is communicating non-time-critical traffic as bandwidth allocated to it decreases, an amount of the third adjustment and the fourth adjustment are dependent on the decrease in bandwidth.