Network listen with self interference cancellation
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- reducing transmission power, by a femto base station, at a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the femto base station; and
canceling a transmitted data signal, by the femto base station, at a network listen (NL) receiver of the femto base station during a network listen process of the femto base station, wherein the transmitted data signal was transmitted by the RF transmitter at the reduced transmission power,wherein the reduction of transmission power occurs in response to at least one of;
occurrence of the network listen process;
ora signal quality of a macro coverage area in which the femto base station is located exceeding a threshold quality.
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Abstract
A method for wireless communications includes reducing transmission power, by a femto base station, at its radio frequency (RF) transmitter, and cancelling a transmitted data signal of the RF transmitter at its network listen (NL) receiver. The reduction occurs in response to: occurrence of a network listen process; and/or a signal quality of the local macro coverage area exceeding a threshold quality. Additionally or alternatively, the femto base station may detect quality of its macro coverage area, and respond to the signal quality being below the threshold quality by: suspending reduction of transmission power and cancellation of the transmitted data signal; suspending the RF transmitter during transmission gaps assigned to user equipments (UEs); and triggering an NL operation in response to suspension of the RF transmitter, wherein the NL operation occurs within the duration of each of the transmission gaps.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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reducing transmission power, by a femto base station, at a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the femto base station; and canceling a transmitted data signal, by the femto base station, at a network listen (NL) receiver of the femto base station during a network listen process of the femto base station, wherein the transmitted data signal was transmitted by the RF transmitter at the reduced transmission power, wherein the reduction of transmission power occurs in response to at least one of; occurrence of the network listen process;
ora signal quality of a macro coverage area in which the femto base station is located exceeding a threshold quality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for wireless communications, said apparatus comprising:
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means for reducing transmission power, by a femto base station, at a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the femto base station; and means for canceling a transmitted data signal during a network listen process of the femto base station, by the femto base station, at a network listen (NL) receiver of the femto base station, wherein the transmitted data signal was transmitted by the RF transmitter at the reduced transmission power, wherein the means for reducing transmission power operatively reduces the transmission power in response to at least one of; occurrence of the network listen process;
ora signal quality of a macro coverage area in which the femto base station is located exceeding a threshold quality. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium including; code that, when enacted by one or more computer processors, causes the one or more computer processors to carry out one or more operations for reducing transmission power, by a femto base station, at a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the femto base station; and code that, when enacted by the one or more computer processors, causes the one or more computer processors to carry out one or more operations for canceling a transmitted data signal, by the femto base station, at a network listen (NL) receiver of the femto base station during a network listen process of the femto base station, wherein the transmitted data signal was transmitted by the RF transmitter at the reduced transmission power, wherein the code that, when enacted by the one or more computer processors, causes the one or more computer processors to carry out one or more operations for reducing transmission power operatively reduces the transmission power in response to at least one of; occurrence of the network listen process;
ora signal quality of a macro coverage area in which the femto base station is located exceeding a threshold quality. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A femto base station, the femto base station comprising:
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at least one processor; and a memory coupled to said at least one processor, wherein said at least one processor is configured to; reduce transmission power, by the femto base station, at a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the femto base station; and cancel a transmitted data signal, by the femto base station, at a network listen (NL) receiver of the femto base station during a network listen process of the femto base station, wherein the transmitted data signal was transmitted by the RF transmitter at the reduced transmission power, and wherein said at least one processor operatively reduces transmission power in response to at least one of; occurrence of the network listen process;
ora signal quality of a macro coverage area in which the femto base station is located exceeding a threshold quality. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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