METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE GENERATED BY A MOBILE STATION ON NEIGHBOR BASE STATIONS

• US 20090233594A1
• Filed: 03/06/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sequans Communications SA
• Original Assignee: Sequans Communications SA
• Inventors: Duschesne, Amelie, Lemois, Emmanuel
• Granted Patent: US 8,219,137 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/247 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal

Abstract

An embodiment of a method for controlling the interference level generated by a mobile station comprising at least steps:

• • selecting at least one neighbor base station;
  • estimating a first attenuation value between the mobile station and a current base station, and at least a second attenuation value between the mobile station and the neighbor base station;
  • estimating an interference level:

I_level=BS0_—RSS+L0−L,

• • BS0_RSS being a first received signal strength at the base station, from the mobile station,
  • L0 being the first attenuation value, and
  • L being one second attenuation value estimated in step B,
  • comparing the interference level to a reference interference level, and according to the result of the comparison, sending to the mobile station at least information relative to a maximum transmitted signal strength.

Claims

1. Method for controlling the interference level generated by a mobile station communicating with a current base station on at least a neighbor base station in a wireless communication system, comprising at least steps:

A;

selecting at least one neighbor base station;

B;

estimating a first attenuation value representative of signal attenuation level between the mobile station and the current base station, and at least a second attenuation value correlated to one neighbor base station selected in step A and representative of signal attenuation level between the mobile station and the correlated neighbor base station;

C′

;

estimating a first received signal strength by measuring power level of signal received by the current base station from the mobile station;

C″

;

estimating an interference level from the relation;

I_level=BS0_—

RSS+L0−

L,

in which

I_level is the interference level,

BS0_RSS is the first received signal strength,

L0 is the first attenuation value, and

L is one second attenuation value estimated in step B,

D;

comparing the interference level to a reference interference level, and according to the result of the comparison, sending to the mobile station at least information relative to a maximum transmitted signal strength for the mobile station.

2. Method according to claim 1,

wherein in step A, a plurality of neighbor base stations are selected,

wherein in step B, the first attenuation value and a plurality of second attenuation values are estimated, each second attenuation value among the plurality of second attenuation values being correlated to one neighbor base station among the plurality of neighbor base stations, and being representative of signal attenuation level between the mobile station and the correlated neighbor base station;

and

wherein in step C″

, L is the lowest second attenuation value among the plurality of estimated second attenuation values.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the first attenuation value is estimating from the relation:

L0=BS0_—

TSS−

MS_—

RSS0,

in which

L0 is the first attenuation value,

BS0_TSS is a first transmitted signal strength representative of power of signal transmitted by the current base station, and

MS_RSS0 is a second received signal strength representative of power of signal received by the mobile station from the current base station.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein each second attenuation value is estimated from the relation:

Li=BSi_—

TSS−

MS_—

RSSi,

in which

Li is the second attenuation value,

BSi_TSS is a second transmitted signal strength representative of power of signal transmitted by the correlated neighbor base station, and

MS_RSSi is a third received signal strength representative of power of signal received by the mobile station from the correlated neighbor base station.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein

the current base station performs steps A, C′

, C″ and

D, and sends to the mobile station information relative to neighbor base stations selected in step A;

the mobile station performs the step B, receives information relative to at least the first and second transmitted signal strengths BS0_TSS, BSi_TSS, sends the first and at least the second attenuation level of step B to the current base station;

the transmitted signal strength MS_TSS of the mobile station is set according to the maximum transmitted signal strength.