SWRU423A July 2015 – May 2016 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD
WiLink8.0 has a TX power control mechanism for the STA mode in a 2.4-GHz band. TX power can be reduced in case of a stable link. There are two potential advantages of reducing the TX power:
As a general guideline for WiLink8.0 current consumption, it is better to keep high TX power than to decrease the TX rate and the throughput. Thus, TX power control is implemented only for the highest supported rate per link. The decision to change the TX power level is based on the packet error rate (PER) of the highest supported rate. If PER is low, then power can be reduced, otherwise power is kept high.