Patent ID: 9648569
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; receiving, at a central management entity, the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters from each of the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at the central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint; and setting, by each small cell radio of the plurality of small cell radios, uplink transmit power for each UE served by each small cell radio based, at least in part, on the identified one or more particular sets of power control parameters.