Patent ID: 7505479

Claim:
An apparatus for dynamically allocating a data rate for wireless communication, comprising: a first transceiver; and a second transceiver, the first transceiver including means for transmitting first communication data at a first power level and a first data rate to said second transceiver, the second transceiver including: second means for receiving the first coinniunication data; second means for sensing a received power level of the received first communication data; second means for transmitting second communication data at a second power level and a second data rate to said first transceiver; and second means for determining the second data rate at which to transmit the second communication data, said second data rate determined based upon the received power level of the first communication data received by the second transceiver front the first transceiver, to be adaptively adjusted in dynamic manner responsive to a distance directly between said first and second transceivers, said second data rate being different from the first data rate; wherein said second data rate is set accordingi to a maximum data rate maintained in inversely proportional relation to the distance directly between said first and second transceivers.