Patent ID: 8774852

Claim:
An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising: a first transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a first signal with a first power to a first reception region; a receiver configured to wirelessly receive information indicative of a measurement derived from reception of the first signal; a registration unit configured to store information identifying at least one user device, wherein only user devices that are identified in the registration unit are permitted to communicate with other user devices via the first transmitter and via the receiver; a processor configured to count a number of devices that are not identified by the information stored in the registration unit and that have experienced an interference rate above a defined threshold during a select period, the count being based at least in part on the received information; and a power adjustment unit configured to adjust the first power based at least in part on the count, wherein the receiver is located within a second reception region and a second signal is wirelessly transmitted to one or more user devices in the second reception region from a second transmitter, the second reception region being substantially larger than the first reception region.