Patent ID: 8588783

Claim:
A method for adapting a transmission power level of a mobile terminal being in communication with a first base station during a handover process following which said mobile terminal will be communicating with a second base station, wherein said method comprises measuring at said mobile terminal one or more pre-defined operating parameters that characterize said first base station and storing their updated values within a storage means of said mobile terminal; adapting said transmission power level of said mobile terminal to an acceptable level at which communications transmitted from said terminal to said second base station would be properly received without applying further increase in the transmission power level of the mobile terminal; and wherein said communications transmitted to said second base station will not cause severe interference to communications exchanged between said second base station and other terminals communicating therewith, and wherein the step of adapting said transmission power level to an acceptable level is based on: (a) values of the operating parameters that characterize said first base station which are stored within the storage means of said mobile terminal, and (b) values of one or more pre-defined parameters characterizing said second base station as measured by said mobile terminal.