Patent ID: 9521555
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for setting an operating mode of a region, the method comprising: identifying, by a network device, an interference classification of the region; setting, by the network device, the operating mode of the region according to the interference classification of the region, an inter-cell interference metric of the region, and an inter-region interference metric of the region, wherein the inter-region interference metric of the region includes an average inter-region interference level; and providing, by the network device, the operating mode of the region to a device in the region, wherein setting the operating mode comprises: setting the operating mode of the region to one of a non-interference coordinating operating mode and a power control operating mode according to the inter-cell interference metric of the region when the region is classified as noise limited region; and setting the operating mode of the region to one of the non-interference coordinating operating mode and an interference coordinating operating mode according to the inter-region interference metric of the region when the region is classified as an interference limited region.