Patent ID: 6980824

Claim:
In a communication system having a plurality of duplex communication links between a plurality of transmitters and receivers, a method of setting a power level of a transmitter coupled to an outgoing link at one end of one of said duplex communication links and setting a power level of a receiver coupled to an incoming link at said one end of said one duplex communication link to optimize a bit error rate for said receiver to receive transmissions from said incoming link, comprising: a) initializing power levels of said transmitter and said receiver at said one end of said duplex communication link; b) determining said bit error rate for said receiver to receive transmissions from said incoming link; c) increasing said power level of said transmitter to an increased transmitter power level and determining whether said bit error rate improves; d) setting said power level of said transmitter to said increased transmitter power level when said bit error rate improves; e) increasing said power level of said receiver to an increased receiver power level independently from step c) of increasing said transmitter power level and determining whether said bit error rate improves; f) setting said power level of said receiver to said increased receiver power level when said bit error rate improves; g) determining whether said power levels of said transmitter and said receiver are set at which said bit error rate is optimized and if not, repeating said steps c), d), e) and f).