Signal strength and receiver sensitivity

[Chewbakka1]

Hi,

Does adjusting the AP's output power have any effect on the receiver sensitivity?

I was under the impression that a lower output power yielded the access point less susceptible to background noise.

/Chewie 

[pieterh]

there is no direct relationship between output power rand receiver sensitivity on the same device.

the AP will not transmit and receive at the same time on the same frequency.

You may mean the receiver sensitivity needs to be higher to discriminate a low output signal (from another device) over noise?

if other AP's in the neighborhood are transmitting, this will be seen as valid Wi-Fi signal (channel utilization), not as noise.