Patent ID: 9661585
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a first network node for managing a transmit power of a first wireless device that is capable of device-to-device, D2D, communication, the method comprising: receiving at least one measurement report from at least one of the first wireless device and a second wireless device in D2D communication with the first wireless device, the measurement report indicating a received signal measurement or path loss with respect to the other of the first wireless device and the second wireless device and/or a received signal measurement or path loss with respect to a victim node; and receiving a reference signal of the victim node, the reference signal of the victim node received via one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device that forwards the reference signal from the victim node to the first network node; sending the first wireless device instructions to make an adjustment of the transmit power that the first wireless device uses in the D2D communication, wherein the adjustment is at least partially based on the received measurement report and at least partially based on the reference signal of the victim node.