Patent ID: 9532260
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a network node of a wireless network to provide wireless communication services to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being one of a plurality of wireless terminals located in a macro coverage area, the plurality of wireless terminals being served by a plurality of radio nodes, each radio node being structured to provide wireless services to one or more wireless terminals located within a coverage area corresponding to that radio node, the plurality of radio nodes comprising a macro node whose corresponding coverage area is the macro coverage area and one or more low power nodes with corresponding low power coverage areas, and the macro coverage area partially or wholly overlapping each low power coverage area, the method comprising: determining whether the mobile terminal will benefit from interference information related to one or more interfering signals, each interfering signal comprising data intended for a wireless terminal other than the mobile terminal; providing, via a serving node serving the mobile terminal, a notification to the mobile terminal to monitor for the interference information prior to providing interference information to the mobile terminal; providing, via the serving node serving the mobile terminal, the interference information to the mobile terminal when it is determined that the mobile terminal will benefit from the interference information; and providing, via the serving node, a desired signal to the mobile terminal after providing the interference information, the desired signal comprising data intended for the mobile terminal, wherein the serving node is one of the radio nodes, and wherein the desired and the interfering signals arrive at the mobile terminal overlapping in time at least in part.