Patent ID: 9736788
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a first cell of conveying transmit power information from the first cell to a second cell, comprising: preparing a data structure at the first cell, wherein the data structure includes a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to a respective downlink subframe in a radio frame associated with the first cell; assigning a numerical value to each element, the numerical value corresponding to a respective minimum transmit power reduction level promised by the first cell during the respective downlink subframe corresponding to the element; and transmitting the data structure from the first cell to the second cell via a predefined backhaul connection interface, wherein the data structure includes: wherein the second cell is configured to share, with the first cell, a downlink subframe of the radio frame corresponding to the third numerical value by scheduling a user equipment in the downlink subframe of the radio frame in accordance with its minimum transmit power reduction level promised by the first cell.