Patent ID: 8463314

Claim:
A method in a schedulable wireless communication entity having an operational maximum power level and that communicates in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, at the wireless communication entity, a radio resource assignment, the radio resource assignment includes resources in a frequency band; varying an operational maximum power level of the schedulable wireless communication entity in accordance with a protocol state governing the schedulable wireless communication entity, the operational maximum power level limits an instantaneous power at which the schedulable wireless communication entity may transmit on the radio resource assigned; wherein varying the operational maximum power level includes: decreasing the operational maximum power level by a first adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is in a first protocol state and by a second adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is in a second protocol state as bandwidth allocated to it increases, an amount of the first adjustment and the second adjustment are dependent on the increase in bandwidth; and increasing the operational maximum power level by a third adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is in the first protocol state and by a fourth adjustment if the schedulable wireless communication entity is in the second protocol state as bandwidth allocated to it decreases, an amount of the third adjustment and the fourth adjustment are dependent on the decrease in bandwidth.