Patent ID: 8320396

Claim:
A method of wireless communication power control comprising: allocating a first plurality of subcarriers into a first plurality of groups, subcarriers within each group of said first plurality of groups having a consistent subcarrier power level, said each group of said first plurality of groups having a different subcarrier power level from other groups of said first plurality of groups; allocating a second plurality of subcarriers into a second plurality of groups, subcarriers of each group of said second plurality of groups having a same subcarrier power level, said each group of said second plurality of groups having a different subcarrier power level, wherein a group with a highest subcarrier power level in said second plurality of groups uses different subcarriers than a group with a highest subcarrier power level in said first plurality of groups; receiving at a first transmit location and from a first receive location a determined suitable subcarrier power level, wherein said determined suitable subcarrier power level is based at least in part on a comparison of a signal power of a first signal received at said first receive location and transmitted from said first transmit location with a signal power of a second signal received at said first receive location and transmitted from a second transmit location; and assigning one subcarrier of said first plurality of subcarriers to a wireless communication link connecting said first transmit location with said first receive location; wherein said one subcarrier is selected based on said consistent subcarrier power level of a group said one subcarrier belongs to and said suitable subcarrier power level.