SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN A MACRO BASE STATION AND A FEMTO BASE STATION
First Claim
1. A method performed by a first base station for reducing interference in a communication system comprising the first base station and a second base station located within or near a cell serviced by the first base station, wherein the first base station is allocated a frequency spectrum and the second base station is allocated a frequency spectrum that at least partially overlaps with the frequency spectrum allocated to the first base station, the method performed by the first base station comprising:
- (a) determining a performance metric;
(b) comparing the determined performance metric to a predetermined threshold; and
(c) determining whether to assign to a user terminal a resource block that is (i) within the frequency spectrum allocated to the second base station or (ii) within a time slot allocated to the second base station, wherein the determining is based, at least in part, on a result of the comparing of the performance metric with the predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing macro-femto bas station interference are disclosed. In one aspect, macro-femto interference is reduced by configuring t macro bases station to avoid using resources allocat to the femto base station.
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27 Claims
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1. A method performed by a first base station for reducing interference in a communication system comprising the first base station and a second base station located within or near a cell serviced by the first base station, wherein the first base station is allocated a frequency spectrum and the second base station is allocated a frequency spectrum that at least partially overlaps with the frequency spectrum allocated to the first base station, the method performed by the first base station comprising:
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(a) determining a performance metric; (b) comparing the determined performance metric to a predetermined threshold; and (c) determining whether to assign to a user terminal a resource block that is (i) within the frequency spectrum allocated to the second base station or (ii) within a time slot allocated to the second base station, wherein the determining is based, at least in part, on a result of the comparing of the performance metric with the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system, comprising:
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a first base station servicing a first coverage area, the first base station being allocated a frequency spectrum for servicing the first coverage area; and a second base station servicing a second coverage area, the second base station being allocated a frequency spectrum for servicing the second coverage area, wherein the second coverage area overlaps with the first coverage area, wherein the frequency spectrum allocated to the second base station at least partially overlaps with the frequency spectrum allocated to the first base station, and wherein the first base station is configured to avoid using (i) a portion of its allocated frequency spectrum that overlaps with the frequency spectrum allocated to the second base station and/or (ii) time slots allocated to the second base station, unless performance reasons require the use of one or more of the time slots and/or frequencies allocated to the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A base station for servicing a first coverage area, the base station being allocated a frequency spectrum for servicing the first coverage area, the base station comprising a circuit configured to reduce interference, characterized in that said a circuit configured to reduce the interference comprises a resource avoiding circuit configured to avoid using certain resources unless performance reasons require the use of one or more of the certain resources, wherein the certain resources include:
- (i) frequencies within a frequency spectrum allocated to a second base station servicing a second coverage area that overlaps with the first coverage area and/or (ii) time slots allocated to the second base station.
- View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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