Serving noise/macro interference limited user equipment for downlink inter-cell interference coordination
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving feedback information from at least one controlled cell indicative of interference received at one or more user equipment devices served by the at least one controlled cell, the at least one controlled cell being controlled by an operator associated with the at least one controlled cell;
selecting one or more user equipment devices that is determined to have received interference, from at least one non-controlled cell, that is greater than a predetermined threshold, the at least one non-controlled cell not being controlled by the operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; and
determining a power level for a subset of common resources, from among a set of common resources shared among the at least one controlled cell, based upon the received feedback information, wherein at least one of;
the power level and the subset of common resources is determined based upon performance criteria for user equipment devices determined to have received interference from the at least one non-controlled cell that is greater than the predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving feedback information from at least one controlled cell indicative of interference received at one or more user equipment devices served by the at least one cell. The at least one controlled cell is controlled by an operator associated with the at least one controlled cell. The method further includes selecting one or more user equipment devices that is determined to have received interference from at least one non-controlled cell that is greater than a predetermined threshold. The at least one non-controlled cell is not controlled by the operator associated with the at least one controlled cell. The method still further includes determining a power level for a subset of common resources from among a set of common resources shared among the at least one controlled cell based upon the received feedback information.
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28 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving feedback information from at least one controlled cell indicative of interference received at one or more user equipment devices served by the at least one controlled cell, the at least one controlled cell being controlled by an operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; selecting one or more user equipment devices that is determined to have received interference, from at least one non-controlled cell, that is greater than a predetermined threshold, the at least one non-controlled cell not being controlled by the operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; and determining a power level for a subset of common resources, from among a set of common resources shared among the at least one controlled cell, based upon the received feedback information, wherein at least one of;
the power level and the subset of common resources is determined based upon performance criteria for user equipment devices determined to have received interference from the at least one non-controlled cell that is greater than the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more non-transitory tangible media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations comprising:
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receiving feedback information from at least one controlled cell indicative of interference received at one or more user equipment devices served by the at least one controlled cell, the at least one controlled cell being controlled by an operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; selecting one or more user equipment devices that is determined to have received interference, from at least one non-controlled cell, that is greater than a predetermined threshold, the at least one non-controlled cell not being controlled by the operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; and determining a power level for a subset of common resources, from among a set of common resources shared among the at least one controlled cell, based upon the received feedback information, wherein determining the power level for the subset of common resources includes determining a candidate power level for each of a plurality of signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) threshold values, and selecting an optimal SINR threshold value and corresponding power level from among the plurality of SINR threshold values and corresponding power levels using a predetermined selection criterion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing a program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation, the operation comprising; receiving feedback information from at least one controlled cell indicative of interference received at one or more user equipment devices served by the at least one controlled cell, the at least one controlled cell being controlled by an operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; selecting one or more user equipment devices that is determined to have received interference, from at least one non-controlled cell, that is greater than a predetermined threshold, the at least one non-controlled cell not being controlled by the operator associated with the at least one controlled cell; and determining a power level for a subset of common resources, from among a set of common resources shared among the at least one controlled cell, based upon the received feedback information, wherein at least one of;
the power level and the subset of common resources is determined based upon performance criteria for user equipment devices determined to have received interference from the at least one non-controlled cell that is greater than the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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