Return link adaptation algorithm
An apparatus, system, and method of improving the E S /N 0 ratio performance of a wireless device. The apparatus, system, and method include measuring an E S /N 0 ratio in a communicated return link burst, and, upon failure of the E S /N 0 ratio to meet a predetermined threshold, probing for an available switch to a less protested communication mode to improve the E S /N 0 ratio. The probing may include transmitting a full power SYNC burst, measuring the E S /N 0 ratio correspondent to the full power SYNC burst, and comparing the measured E S /N 0 ratio correspondent to the full power SYNC burst to the predetermined threshold.
1 . A method of communication by a wireless terminal, comprising:
measuring an E S /N 0 ratio in a communicated return link burst;
upon failure of the E S /N 0 ratio to meet a predetermined threshold, probing for an available switch to a less protested communication mode to improve the E S /N 0 ratio;
wherein said probing includes transmitting a full power SYNC burst, measuring the E S /N 0 ratio correspondent to the full power SYNC burst, and comparing the measured E S /N 0 ratio correspondent to the full power SYNC burst to the predetermined threshold.