Patent ID: 9350521
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless network device comprising: a resource assignment processor configured to determine an uplink interference associated with each of a plurality of uplink resources and produce an uplink list having one of a plurality of values for each of the plurality of uplink resources; the resource assignment processor further configured to compare a downlink power level to a threshold for each of a plurality of downlink resources and produce a downlink list, wherein the downlink list is a bit string providing at least one indication for each of the downlink resources, wherein each indication indicates whether the downlink power level for each downlink resource is less than or equal to the threshold; a transceiver operatively coupled to the resource assignment processor, the transceiver configured to send the uplink list and the downlink list; the transceiver further configured to receive an uplink list and a downlink list from each of a plurality of neighboring wireless network devices; and the resource assignment processor further configured to schedule uplink and downlink resources to a user equipment based on the received uplink list and the received downlink list.