Patent ID: 9520970
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for receiving, by a second cell, subframe pattern information on a first cell, the method comprising: receiving, from the first cell, downlink almost blank subframe (ABS) pattern information for the first cell; receiving, from the first cell, uplink ABS pattern information of the first cell, wherein the downlink ABS pattern information does not explicitly indicate whether an ABS in a downlink ABS pattern corresponds to a zero power-ABS (z-ABS) or a reduced power-ABS (r-ABS), and wherein whether the ABS in the downlink ABS pattern corresponds to the z-ABS or the r-ABS is implicitly indicated by a combination of the downlink ABS pattern information and the uplink ABS pattern information.