Method and system for interference management in a spectrum shared by WAN and femto cells
First Claim
1. A method for interference management in a spectrum shared by a WAN macro cell and a femto cell, comprising:
- detecting a WAN access terminal (AT) in a coverage area of the femto cell;
accessing a control message sent by a WAN access point (AP) to the WAN AT;
determining a first resource of the spectrum that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on the control message; and
assigning a second resource of the spectrum to a femto AT in the coverage area based at least in part on the determined first resource.
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Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for adapting to interference in a spectrum shared by a WAN macro cell and a femto cell. In particular, described herein are techniques for adapting to the presence of a jamming WAN access terminal (AT) by avoiding or selectively utilizing those bandwidth portions jammed by the WAN AT/AP. For example, the technique may involve intercepting a control message from the WAN AP to the WAN AT, and determining a spectrum resource that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on information (e.g., a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier, a Media Access Control Identifier, etc.) in the control message.
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58 Claims
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1. A method for interference management in a spectrum shared by a WAN macro cell and a femto cell, comprising:
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detecting a WAN access terminal (AT) in a coverage area of the femto cell; accessing a control message sent by a WAN access point (AP) to the WAN AT; determining a first resource of the spectrum that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on the control message; and assigning a second resource of the spectrum to a femto AT in the coverage area based at least in part on the determined first resource. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 2. The method of claim wherein accessing comprises intercepting the control message.
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19. A communication device for interference management in a spectrum shared by a WAN macro cell and a femto cell, comprising:
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a transceiver supporting a communication link with at least one femto access terminal (AT) in a coverage area of the femto cell; at least one processor in operative communication with the transceiver; a memory in operative communication with the at least one processor and comprising executable code for the at least one processor to; detect a WAN AT in the coverage area; access a control message sent by a WAN access point (AP) to the WAN AT; determine a first resource of the spectrum that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on the control message; and assign a second resource of the spectrum to the at least one femto AT based at least in part on the determined first resource. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for interference management in a spectrum shared by a WAN macro cell and a femto cell, comprising:
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means for detecting a WAN access terminal (AT) in a coverage area of the femto cell; means for accessing a control message sent by a WAN access point (AP) to the WAN AT; means for determining a first resource of the spectrum that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on the control message; and means for assigning a second resource of the spectrum to a femto AT in the coverage area based at least in part on the determined first resource. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable median comprising; code for causing a computer to detect a WAN access terminal (AT) in a coverage area of a femto cell that shares a spectrum with a WAN macro cell; code for causing a computer to access a control message sent by a WAN access point (AP) to the WAN AT; code for causing a computer to determine a first resource of the spectrum that the WAN AT will use to communicate with the WAN AP based at least in part on the control message; and code for causing a computer to assign a second resource of the spectrum to a femto AT in the coverage area based at least in part on the determined first resource. - View Dependent Claims (58)
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