| US 7,577,415 B1 | ||
| Method and apparatus for ultra wideband power control | ||
| James L. Richards, Fayetteville, Tenn. (US); Larry W. Fullerton, Brownsboro, Ala. (US); and Ivan A. Cowie, Madison, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alereon, Inc., Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 23, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/710,175. | ||
| Application 11/710175 is a continuation of application No. 11/398951, filed on Apr. 06, 2006, granted, now 7,209,724. | ||
| Application 11/398951 is a continuation of application No. 10/409009, filed on Apr. 08, 2003. | ||
| Application 10/409009 is a continuation of application No. 09/586163, filed on Jun. 02, 2000, granted, now 6,571,089. | ||
| Application 09/586163 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/332501, filed on Jun. 14, 1999, granted, now 6,539,213. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—266 [455/522; 455/69; 455/550.1; 455/127.1; 455/517] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method for power control in an ultra wideband (UWB) system comprising:
transmitting a first UWB signal from a first UWB transceiver:
receiving the first UWB signal at a second UWB transceiver; and
controlling a transmit power of a second UWB signal generated by one of the first UWB transceiver or the second UWB transceiver
based on the received first UWB signal:
determining a transmit (TX) power update based on the received first UWB signal; and
modifying the transmit power in accordance with the TX power update.
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