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App. No. 15/621,010

METHOD FOR TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE POWER CONTROL IN MESH SYSTEMS

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App. No.
15/621,010
Abstract

A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for controlling transmit power in a station (STA) of a wireless local area network (WLAN). A STA may transmit, to another STA, transmit power step size information that indicates a maximum transmission power for an operational bandwidth that the STA supports. The STA may receive, from another STA, a signal in one of the plurality of operational bandwidths that the STA supports. The received signal may include a transmission power based on the transmitted adjustment step size setting.

Claims (12)

1 . A method for controlling transmit power in a station (STA) of a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

transmitting, from the STA, transmit power step size information that indicates an adjustment step size setting for at least one of a plurality of operational bandwidths that the STA supports; and

receiving a signal, in one of the plurality of operational bandwidths that the STA supports, having a transmission power based on the transmitted adjustment step size setting.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power step size information is transmitted in one of a broadcast message, a multicast message, or a unicast message.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power step size information is transmitted in a control frame.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power step size information includes at least one of minimum transmit power information, maximum transmit power information, or a transmit power adjustment step size setting.

5 . A station (STA) comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to another STA, transmit power step size information that indicates an adjustment step size setting for at least one of a plurality of operational bandwidths that the STA supports; and

a receiver configured to receive a signal, in one of the plurality of operational bandwidths that the STA supports, having a transmission power based on the transmitted adjustment step size setting.

6 . The STA of claim 5 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the transmit power step size information in one of a broadcast message, a multicast message, or a unicast message.

7 . The STA of claim 5 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the transmit power step size information in a control frame.

8 . The STA of claim 5 , wherein the transmit power step size information includes at least one of minimum transmit power information, maximum transmit power information, or a transmit power adjustment step size setting.