Patent ID: 9253656
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A network apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive signal quality information from each of a plurality of base stations, the signal quality information received from each base station indicating the qualities of signals received by terminals that are served by the base station; and a decision unit configured to determine, based on the signal quality information received from the base stations, whether to apply an interference control scheme to a signal output by a target base station, among the plurality of base stations, that is received by a group of terminals served by plurality of base stations, wherein the plurality of base stations comprises a first base station, a second base station, and a third base station, wherein the terminals comprise a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, wherein the first base station is configured to receive first information comprising: wherein the second base station is configured to receive second information comprising: wherein the third base station is configured to receive second information comprising: wherein the receiver is configured to receive, from the base stations, the first information, the second information, and the third information, and wherein the decision unit is further configured to determine, based on the first information, second information, and third information, whether to apply the interference control scheme to the base stations.