Method and system for determining correct escape mechanisms and controlling interference in third generation wireless systems
First Claim
1. A method for minimizing interference in a wireless communication system employing both time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) modes, wherein a transmission between at least one base station and at least one wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) occurs in a plurality of time-slots, the method comprising:
- measuring interference in at least two of said time slots;
computing the variance of said measured interference between said time slots if said measured interference in active slots is above a first predetermined value (to determine if the interference is continuous or discontinuous);
employing TDD escape mechanisms if the variance is above a second predetermined value indicating the measured interference is discontinuous; and
employing a handover escape mechanism if the variance is below the second predetermined value indicating the measured interference is continuous.
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Abstract
A correct escape mechanism is determined according to interference type. Transmission is arranged so that interference may be measured at all time slots as needed to compute a measure of variance in interference in time slots. If the variance is above a predetermined value, time division duplex escape mechanisms are employed. If the variance is below a predetermined value, appropriate escape mechanisms are employed depending on whether the escape mechanism is being implemented during an uplink or downlink. Interference causing FDD WTUs may be handed over to carrier bands to control interference experienced by TDD users.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for minimizing interference in a wireless communication system employing both time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) modes, wherein a transmission between at least one base station and at least one wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) occurs in a plurality of time-slots, the method comprising:
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measuring interference in at least two of said time slots; computing the variance of said measured interference between said time slots if said measured interference in active slots is above a first predetermined value (to determine if the interference is continuous or discontinuous); employing TDD escape mechanisms if the variance is above a second predetermined value indicating the measured interference is discontinuous; and employing a handover escape mechanism if the variance is below the second predetermined value indicating the measured interference is continuous. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for evaluating uplink interference to determine a correct escape mechanism according to interference type in a wireless communication system employing both time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division dunlex (FDD) modes, the method comprising:
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arranging uplink transmissions so that interference may be measured at all time slots; measuring interference to obtain a sampling of interference in the uplink time slots; computing a measure of variance between time slots if interference in active slots is above a first predetermined value;
employing time division duplex escape mechanisms if the computed variance is not below a second predetermined value; and
reducing cell load if the variance is below the second predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method for determining an appropriate escape mechanism based on a type of interference encountered during a transmission, the method comprising:
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receiving transmissions of a predetermined signal category; arranging said transmissions to a predetermined group of slots, so that interference may be measured at all of said slots; measuring interference at all of said slots; time averaging the measured interference to create time averaged values, and transmitting the time averaged values to a radio network controller;
evaluating the time averaged interference measurements with respect to a first predetermined value;in the case of the interference measurements being below the first predetermined value, accepting the transmissions; in the case of the interference measurements being above the first predetermined value, computing a measure of variance between slots and evaluating the variance with respect to a second predetermined value; in the case of the interference variance being below the second predetermined value, executing a handover as an escape mechanism; in the case of the interference variance being above the second predetermined value for the variance, executing a TDD escape mechanism for discontinuous interference. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A dual mode wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) capable of operating in time division duplex (TDD) and freauencv division duplex (FDD) modes for implementing an escape mechanism according to interference type, the WTRU comprising:
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an uplink transmitter; a circuit for measuring interference in a plurality of uplink time slots; a circuit for transmitting the measured interference to a radio network controller through the uplink transmitter, wherein the radio network controller computes a measure of variance between the time slots if interference in active time slots exceeds a predetermined value (to determine whether the interference is continuous or discontinuous); and a circuit for employing time division duplex escape mechanisms if the variance is above the predetermined value indicating the interference is discontinuous and employing a handover escape mechanism if the variance is below the predetermined value indicating the interference is continuous.
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21. A radio network controller (RNC) for minimizing interference in a wireless communications network employing both time division duplex (TDD) and freauencv division duplex (FDD) modes in which a plurality of wireless transmit and receive units (WTRUs) communicate with a plurality of base stations, and the WTRUs utilize an escape mechanism according to interference type, the RNC comprising:
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a circuit for scheduling transmission so that interference may be measured at all of a predetermined group of time slots; a circuit for providing measured interference to a radio network controller and computing a measure of variance between the time slots if interference in active time slots is above a predetermined value (to determine if the interference is continuous or discontinuous); and a circuit for employing TDD escape mechanisms in the case of the variance being above a predetermined value indicating the measured interference is discontinuous, and employing a handover escape mechanism in the case of the variance being below a predetermined value indicating the measured interference is continuous.
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