Intercell Interference Coordination for Radio Resource Control
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Abstract
A system includes a first device to classify data as one of a control message or a non-control message, and provide the classification of the data to a second device. The second device receives the classification of the data, receives information associated with a resource, calculates an expected interference associated with the resource based on the information associated with the resource, and allocates, to the resource, data classified as a control message when the expected interference corresponds to a low expected interference.
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8 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method implemented by a user equipment in a wireless communication system that includes a plurality of cells, the method comprising:
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classifying data to be transmitted as one of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message or a non-RRC message; providing the classification to a base station; responsive to providing the classification, receiving information from the base station identifying which of a plurality of resources in a cell to use for transmitting data comprising an RRC message, the identified resource having an expected inter-cell interference value that is less than another expected inter-cell interference value corresponding to another of the plurality of resources, wherein the expected inter-cell interference level of the identified resource is calculated by the base station using one or both of a fractional load Inter-cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) mechanism and a frequency reuse ICIC mechanism; and transmitting the data via the identified resource. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. A user equipment comprising:
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a classifier circuit configured to classify data to be transmitted as one of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message or a non-RRC message, and to provide the classification to a base station; a scheduler circuit configured to receive information from the base station in response to the classifier circuit providing the classification to the base station, the received information identifying which of a plurality of resources in a cell to use for transmitting data comprising an RRC message, the identified resource having an expected inter-cell interference value that is less than another expected inter-cell interference value corresponding to another of the plurality of resources, wherein the expected inter-cell interference level of the identified resource is calculated by the base station using one or both of a fractional load Inter-cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) mechanism and a frequency reuse ICIC mechanism; and a transmitter circuit configured to transmit the data via the identified resource. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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