Patent ID: 9307420
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for noise rise estimation in a wireless communication system, said method comprising the steps of: measuring received total wideband power of an antenna a plurality of times; computing an estimate of a noise floor measure based on at least a number of said measured received total wideband powers of an antenna, wherein said measuring comprises measuring of received total wideband power for each one of a plurality of antennas, and wherein said computing comprises computing an estimate of a noise floor measure based on at least a number of said measured received total wideband powers for said each one of said plurality of antennas and further comprises summing said noise floor measures for said each one of said plurality of antennas into a noise floor measure for all antennas; performing interference whitening of a received signal per user for a multitude of users; determining a useful signal power per user after said interference whitening; and calculating a noise rise measure per user, based at least on said useful signal power per user and said noise floor measure, wherein said calculating comprises compensating the noise rise measure per user for said interference whitening.