Techniques for signal strength monitoring

A method for wireless communication at a wireless station, comprising:

• monitoring for a first signal from an access point and for a second signal from the access point using a first transmission chain of the wireless station and a second transmission chain of the wireless station, respectively;
• comparing, with a rate threshold, a coding rate that is determined based at least in part on the monitoring, the coding rate being associated with the first signal, the second signal, or both;
• comparing, with a difference threshold, a difference between a first received signal strength of the first signal and a second received signal strength of the second signal, the difference determined based at least in part on the monitoring;
• and
• increasing a transmit power associated with the first transmission chain based at least in part on the coding rate being less than the rate threshold and on the difference being greater than the difference threshold, the first received signal strength of the first signal being less than the second received signal strength of the second signal.

A method for wireless communication at a wireless station, comprising:

• monitoring for a signal from an access point;
• comparing a difference value between a first transmit power of a first feedback message type and a second transmit power of a second feedback message type to a threshold value, the first feedback message type and the second feedback message type associated with a feedback message pertaining to the signal;
• and
• transmitting, in a first portion of a bandwidth, a first instance of the feedback message in accordance with the first feedback type or the second feedback type based at least in part on the difference value satisfying the threshold value.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless station, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• monitor for a signal from an access point;
• compare a characteristic of the signal with a threshold, the characteristic determined based at least in part on the monitoring and being one of a received signal strength indicator associated with the signal or a coding rate associated with a modulation and coding scheme of a set of packets received in the signal;
• transmit a first instance of a feedback message pertaining to the signal in a first portion of a bandwidth;
• and
• refrain, based at least in part on the characteristic being less than the threshold, from concurrently transmitting a second instance of the feedback message in a second portion of the bandwidth.