Patent ID: 9426670
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining an interference reporting schedule for a user equipment in relation to a serving set of network cells; scheduling null pilot intervals for the serving set of network cells based on the interference reporting schedule, wherein the scheduled null pilot intervals comprise at least one null pilot interval associated with limited transmission by a plurality of network cells of the serving set of network cells; conducting the limited transmission during the at least one null pilot interval, the limited transmission comprising one of silencing transmission during the at least one null pilot interval or reducing transmit power by a power backoff value during the at least one null pilot interval; receiving a combined interference report from the user equipment comprising an indication of channel conditions measured by the user equipment during the at least one null pilot interval, wherein the measured channel conditions comprise interference associated with one or more network cells not within the plurality of network cells; and scheduling a communication by one or more network cells of the serving set of network cells to the user equipment based at least in part on the received combined interference report.