Patent ID: 9615275
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of an evolved node b (eNB) for measuring a physical resource block (PRB) usage in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: identifying, at the eNB, a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) allocated for uplink transmission during a time period; determining, at the eNB, a total number of PRBs available for use during the time period based on a number of unavailable PRBs for the uplink transmission during the time period; and determining, at the eNB, the PRB usage during the time period based on the number of allocated PRBs and the total number of PRBs available for use, wherein the unavailable PRBs comprise PRBs for multi-media broadcast over a single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes.