Patent ID: 7643457

Claim:
A management device for radio access points of a wireless communications network, comprising: a processing module which dynamically determines a new transmission power level of each access point based on at least one of the presence and the respective locations of communication terminals in relation to said access points; wherein said processing module performs at least one comparison of a first comparison of the number of communication terminals connected to each access point on the network with a first threshold representing a maximum number of communication terminals that each access point is capable of being connected to, and a second comparison of a current traffic level of each access point on the network with a second threshold representing a maximum traffic level that each access point is capable of supporting; and determines the new transmission power level of each access point based on the respective locations of said communication terminals in relation to said access points and whether at least one of said thresholds is exceeded in said at least one comparison carried out for the corresponding access point.