System and method to facilitate small cell uplink power control in a network environment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios;
receiving, at a central management entity, the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters from each of the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios;
determining, at the central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters;
generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint; and
setting, by each small cell radio of the plurality of small cell radios, uplink transmit power for each UE served by each small cell radio based, at least in part, on the identified one or more particular sets of power control parameters.
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at a central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; and generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint.
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1. A method comprising:
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calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; receiving, at a central management entity, the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters from each of the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at the central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint; and setting, by each small cell radio of the plurality of small cell radios, uplink transmit power for each UE served by each small cell radio based, at least in part, on the identified one or more particular sets of power control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory tangible media encoding logic that includes instructions for execution that when executed by a processor, is operable to perform operations comprising:
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calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; receiving, at a central management entity, the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters from each of the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at the central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint; and setting, by each small cell radio of the plurality of small cell radios, uplink transmit power for each UE served by each small cell radio based, at least in part, on the identified one or more particular sets of power control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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at least one memory element for storing data; and at least one processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory element cooperate such that the system is configured for; calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; receiving, at a central management entity, the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters from each of the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at the central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint; and setting, by each small cell radio of the plurality of small cell radios, uplink transmit power for each UE served by each small cell radio based, at least in part, on the identified one or more particular sets of power control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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