Dynamic short range device (srd) power transmission

An apparatus for wireless communications, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to:
• transmit, at a first transmission power level of a short range device (SRD), a first sequence of commands to a first plurality of tags to inventory the first plurality of tags;
• detect a completion of an inventorying of each tag of the first plurality of tags;
• adjust, based on the completion of the inventorying, the first transmission power level of the SRD to a second transmission power level;
• and
• transmit, at the second transmission power level of the SRD, a second sequence of commands to a second plurality of tags to inventory the second plurality of tags.