Patent ID: 8958833
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating interference management in a system with one or more interfering base stations, the method comprising: receiving one or more pilot signals, wherein one or more pilot signals are received from the one or more interfering base stations at a user equipment; computing interference for the one or more interfering base stations, wherein the computing is performed at the user equipment; transmitting a measurement report, wherein the measurement report includes interference for the one or more interfering base stations, wherein the measurement report is transmitted to a serving base station from the user equipment; and transmitting a resource utilization message to the one or more interfering base stations, wherein the receiving one or more pilot signals is in response to the transmitting the resource utilization message and wherein the transmitting the resource utilization message is performed by the user equipment.