Patent ID: 9743417
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A machine readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for interference mitigation in a heterogeneous mobile communications network including a first transceiver within a coverage area of a second transceiver, the method comprising: shutting off a percentage of resources used by the first transceiver to communicate with one or more first communication devices associated with a subscription group, wherein shutting off the percentage of resources reduces interference with one or more second communications devices that are not associated with the subscription group; and varying the percentage of resources that are shut off based on a desired throughput capacity available to the one or more first communication devices to communicate through the first transceiver versus a desired improvement in communication between the one or more second communication devices and the second transceiver; setting a first transmission power of the first transceiver; determining that a first quality parameter for the one or more first communication devices does not meet a first threshold quality value at the first transmission power and that a second quality parameter for the one or more second communication devices meets a second threshold quality value at the first transmission power; and in response to the determination, increasing the power of the first transceiver from the first transmission power to a second transmission power so as to increase the first quality parameter of the one or more first communication devices without reducing the second quality parameter of the one or more second communication devices below the second threshold quality value.