The present invention relates to wireless communications, and in
particular although not exclusively, to networks of indoor collocated or
overlapping wireless coverage areas especially those intended for
operation in unlicensed spectrum such as the Industrial Scientific and
Medical (ISM) bands. The present invention provides a method of
controlling the transmission power associated with an air interface
channel, the method comprising determining a quality of service measure
for a signal to be transmitted on a second air interference channel;
determining an interference measure corresponding to the interference on
said second air interface channel which will be caused by transmissions
on said first air interface channel; requesting the changing of the
transmission power associated with the first air interface channel when
the signal is to be transmitted on the second air interface channel, when
the quality of service measure is above a predetermined value and when
the interference measure is above a predetermined value for said quality
of service value.