Patent ID: 8768402

Claim:
A method comprising: a mobile station transmitting reverse link signals to a wireless network at a transmit power level that is controllable between a minimum transmit power level and a maximum transmit power level; said mobile station detecting a trigger condition, wherein said mobile station detecting said trigger condition comprises said mobile station comparing a current transmit power level to a predetermined threshold value; in response to said trigger condition, said mobile station (i) accessing power-limit data that identifies one or more defined locations and associates each defined location with a respective transmit power limit, wherein each transmit power limit is less than said maximum transmit power level and greater than or equal to said minimum transmit power level, and (ii) determining whether a current location of said mobile station is proximate to any of said one or more defined locations in said power-limit data; and in response to a determination that said current location is proximate to a defined location in said power-limit data, said mobile station controlling said transmit power level so that it does not exceed a transmit power limit associated with said defined location.