A method and apparatus are described including receiving, by a
transmitter, a report from an associated
client, setting and using a downlink transmit
power level responsive to the report for data transmissions to the associated
client, determining a downlink
data loss rate and adjusting the downlink transmit
power level responsive to the downlink
data loss rate, wherein said report includes received
signal strength,
client transmit
power level and one of
link margin and
receiver sensitivity. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving, by a
receiver, a request for a report, transmitting the requested report, receiving an instruction to use an uplink transmit power level, setting and using the uplink transmit power level, determining an uplink
data loss rate and adjusting the uplink transmit power level responsive to the uplink data
loss rate, wherein said report includes said received
signal strength, client transmit power level and one of said
link margin and said
receiver sensitivity.