Selecting cells for downlink inter-cell interference coordination
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell;
determining whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message; and
responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reducing a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell;
wherein the first message is indicative of that the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell and includes all zero bit values for fractional frequency reuse resource blocks indicated within the first message.
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Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell, determining whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message, and responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reducing a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell; determining whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message; and responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reducing a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell; wherein the first message is indicative of that the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell and includes all zero bit values for fractional frequency reuse resource blocks indicated within the first message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more non-transitory tangible media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor operable to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell; determining whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message; and responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reducing a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell; wherein the first message is indicative of that the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell and includes all zero bit values for fractional frequency reuse resource blocks indicated within the first message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory element configured to store data, a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the data, and at least one module being configured to; receive a first message indicative of whether a first cell is non-interfering to at least one neighboring cell; determine whether the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell based upon the first message; and responsive to a determination that the first cell is not non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cells, reduce a power level of one or more downlink resources of a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum associated with the first cell; wherein the first message is also indicative of the first cell is non-interfering to the at least one neighboring cell and includes all zero bit values for fractional frequency reuse resource blocks indicated within the first message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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