Wireless communication method and system for minimizing interference by determining mobile station zone locations and potential conflicts between cell zones
First Claim
1. A method of minimizing interference in a wireless multi-cell communication system that serves a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the method comprising:
- (a) defining a plurality of non-overlapping zones in a conflicting zone lookup table for each cell in the system;
(b) obtaining information from the conflicting zone lookup table regarding potential conflicts between the non-overlapping cell zones, wherein the conflicting zone lookup table specifically identifies each of the zones of the cells, and each potential conflict indicates that there is a high likelihood of one of the WTRUs using a specific time slot for transmitting in one of the specifically identified zones of one cell causing severe interference to a second one of the WTRUs using the specific time slot for receiving in one of the specifically identified zones of another cell; and
(c) determining time slot usage on a zone-by-zone basis using the information obtained from the conflicting zone lookup table to minimize interference caused by a conflicting uplink assignment or a conflicting downlink assignment.
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Abstract
A wireless communication method and system for minimizing severe interference to one or more wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRUs). A plurality of non-overlapping zones (e.g., an inner zone and an outer zone) is defined for each cell of a wireless multi-cell communication system, such as a time division duplex (TDD) system. Information regarding potential conflicts between the non-overlapping cell zones is obtained. Each potential conflict indicates that there is a high likelihood of one of the WTRUs using a specific time slot for transmitting in a zone of one cell causing severe interference to a second one of the WTRUs using the specific time slot for receiving in a zone of another (i.e., a different) cell. Time slot usage (e.g., uplink, downlink or none) is then determined on a zone-by-zone basis using the obtained information to minimize interference caused by a conflicting uplink assignment or a conflicting downlink assignment.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of minimizing interference in a wireless multi-cell communication system that serves a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the method comprising:
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(a) defining a plurality of non-overlapping zones in a conflicting zone lookup table for each cell in the system; (b) obtaining information from the conflicting zone lookup table regarding potential conflicts between the non-overlapping cell zones, wherein the conflicting zone lookup table specifically identifies each of the zones of the cells, and each potential conflict indicates that there is a high likelihood of one of the WTRUs using a specific time slot for transmitting in one of the specifically identified zones of one cell causing severe interference to a second one of the WTRUs using the specific time slot for receiving in one of the specifically identified zones of another cell; and (c) determining time slot usage on a zone-by-zone basis using the information obtained from the conflicting zone lookup table to minimize interference caused by a conflicting uplink assignment or a conflicting downlink assignment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless multi-cell communication system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs); (b) a plurality of cells, each of the cells having a plurality of non-overlapping zones; (c) means for obtaining information from a conflicting zone lookup table regarding potential conflicts between the non-overlapping cell zones, wherein the conflicting zone lookup table specifically identifies each of the zones of the cells, and each potential conflict indicates that there is a high likelihood of one of the WTRUs using a specific time slot for transmitting in one of the specifically identified zones of one cell causing severe interference to a second one of the WTRUs using the specific time slot for receiving in one of the specifically identified zones of another cell; and (d) means for determining time slot usage on a zone-by-zone basis using the information obtained from the conflicting zone lookup table to minimize interference caused by a conflicting uplink assignment or a conflicting downlink assignment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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