Patent ID: 8855661

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 an indication that a first sector and a second sector have each received a plurality of signals from a mobile device; for a first quantity of time slots that comprises at least a portion of a frame, (1) inspecting the plurality of signals that have been received by the first sector and the second sector to determine whether each of the plurality of signals 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) determining an overall power control command for each of the first quantity of time slots, wherein the overall power control command is determined based on the assigned power control commands; and based on the overall power control commands for each of the first quantity of time slots, determining whether the signals received at the first sector or the signals received at the second sector are of a higher quality, wherein, if it is determined that the signals received at the first sector are of the higher quality for the first quantity of time slots, the mobile device obeys the power control command communicated by the first sector for each of a second quantity of time slots, wherein the first quantity of time slots and the second quantity of time slots comprise the frame; if it is determined that the signals received at the second sector are of the higher quality for the first quantity of time slots, the mobile device obeys the power control commands communicated by the second sector for each of the second quantity of time slots.