In a radio communication system in a mobile to mobile call with one good (AMR102) and bad (AMR515) radio link, the good radio (AMR102) link is forced by the poor (AMR515) link to use a more robust AMR coded mode (AMR515) and thereby using excessive power (232). A capacity loss in such system is avoided by adjusting the power level (212) for the connection with the good link (AMR102).