Method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in a closed loop
power control system, wherein power control commands are based on the
energy of the previous power control commands. In one embodiment, the
method compares changes in the received energy of received power control
commands against expected changes in those commands based on previously
transmitted power control commands, and identifies suspicious responses
to said previously transmitted power control commands. Hypothesis testing
of the received power control commands is performed accordance any
identified suspicious responses.