Patent ID: 9137760
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile station, comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the mobile station to perform at least the following: receive, when communicatively coupled to a transceiver of a radio access network of a wireless communication system, a broadcast transmission of another transceiver of the radio access network; measure a signal value indicative of the power of the received broadcast transmission of the other transceiver; and determine an other-cell interference factor at least in part based on the measured signal value of the received broadcast transmission of the other transceiver, wherein the other-cell interference factor is indicative of a likelihood of a transmission from the mobile station interfering with a communication between another mobile station and the other transceiver of the radio access network.