Patent ID: 7149538

Claim:
A method for controlling transmission power from a wireless transceiver, the method comprising: estimating signal to interference ratios (SIRs) for a signal received from another wireless device; identifying an out-of-sync condition between the wireless transceiver and the other wireless device based on the SIRs: restricting change of the transmission power from the wireless transceiver based on the SIRs and when an out-of-sync condition has not been identified, wherein: the identifying an out-of-sync condition comprises first filtering the SIRs, and at least substantially reducing the transmission power from the wireless transceiver when first filtered SIRs fall below an out-of-sync threshold; and the restricting change of the transmission power comprises second filtering the SIRs, and restricting change of the transmission power from the wireless transceiver when the second filtered SIRs fall below a power limit threshold.