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Interference control in a wireless communication system

  • US 8,879,425 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2012
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for interference control, comprising:

  • receiving at a base station an interference report from a neighbor base station, wherein the interference report indicates interference observed at the neighbor base station; and

    regulating, by the base station, data transmissions for terminals based on the interference report received from the neighbor base station, wherein regulating the data transmissions comprises identifying disadvantaged terminals and assigning the disadvantaged terminals with lower data rates, and wherein identifying a particular terminal as a disadvantaged terminal comprises comparing estimated channel gain for the terminal against a channel gain threshold.

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