System and method to facilitate small cell uplink power control in a network environment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining user equipment (UE) path loss information associated with one or more UE served by one or more small cell radios;
determining macro path loss information associated with each of the one or more small cell radios and a macro cell radio;
determining, at a central management entity, one or more sets of optimized power control parameters for uplink UE transmissions for the one or more UE served by the one or more small cell radios based on the determined UE path loss information and the determined macro path loss information, wherein the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters satisfy a first interference constraint associated with limiting interference between the one or more small cell radios and satisfy a second interference constraint associated with limiting interference toward the macro cell radio;
generating one or more messages for each of the one or more small cell radios identifying the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters; and
setting, by each small cell radio of the one or more 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 sets of optimized 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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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining user equipment (UE) path loss information associated with one or more UE served by one or more small cell radios; determining macro path loss information associated with each of the one or more small cell radios and a macro cell radio; determining, at a central management entity, one or more sets of optimized power control parameters for uplink UE transmissions for the one or more UE served by the one or more small cell radios based on the determined UE path loss information and the determined macro path loss information, wherein the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters satisfy a first interference constraint associated with limiting interference between the one or more small cell radios and satisfy a second interference constraint associated with limiting interference toward the macro cell radio; generating one or more messages for each of the one or more small cell radios identifying the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters; and setting, by each small cell radio of the one or more 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 sets of optimized 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 by a processor, wherein the execution causes the processor to perform operations, comprising:
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determining user equipment (UE) path loss information associated with one or more UE served by one or more small cell radios; determining macro path loss information associated with each of the one or more small cell radios and a macro cell radio; determining, at a central management entity, one or more sets of optimized power control parameters for uplink UE transmissions for the one or more UE served by the one or more small cell radios based on the determined UE path loss information and the determined macro path loss information, wherein the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters satisfy a first interference constraint associated with limiting interference between the one or more small cell radios and satisfy a second interference constraint associated with limiting interference toward the macro cell radio; generating one or more messages for each of the one or more small cell radios identifying the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters; and setting, by each small cell radio of the one or more 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 sets of optimized power control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system comprising:
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a central management entity comprising at least one memory element for storing data and at least one processor that executes instructions associated with the data, the central management entity being adapted when executed by the at least one processor to; determine user equipment (UE) path loss information associated with one or more UE served by one or more small cell radios; determine macro path loss information associated with each of the one or more small cell radios and a macro cell radio; determine, at the central management entity, one or more sets of optimized power control parameters for uplink UE transmissions for the one or more UE served by the one or more small cell radios based on the determined UE path loss information and the determined macro path loss information, wherein the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters satisfy a first interference constraint associated with limiting interference between the one or more small cell radios and satisfy a second interference constraint associated with limiting interference toward the macro cell radio; and generate one or more messages for each of the one or more small cell radios identifying the one or more sets of optimized power control parameters; and setting, by each small cell radio of the one or more 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 sets of optimized power control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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