Patent ID: 9055542
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless access point (AP) of a plurality of access points (APs) comprising: processing logic operable to mitigate interference between the wireless AP and at least a second wireless AP of the plurality of APs based on interference mitigation data received from a plurality of mobile stations; processing logic operable to associate a first resource claim with a first transmit power zone (TPZ), the first resource claim comprising a first set of radio resources claimed for assignment by the wireless AP to at least one mobile station (MS) of a first plurality of mobile stations located within the first TPZ, and processing logic operable to associate a second resource claim with a second TPZ, the second resource claim comprising a second set of radio resources claimed for assignment by the wireless AP to at least one MS of a second plurality of mobile stations located within the second TPZ; wherein the first plurality of mobile stations is operable to receive the first resource claim and the second plurality of mobile stations is operable to receive the first and second resource claims such that interference between wireless access points is mitigated, wherein the interference mitigation data from the mobile station comprises a set of radio resources selected by the mobile station and a preference value assigned by the mobile station to each resource in the set of selected radio resources, the preference value is a TPZ condition selected amongst a plurality of different TPZ conditions having an order preference, and wherein the wireless AP comprises processing logic operable to assign radio resources to the mobile station from the set of selected radio resources according to the preference value assigned by the mobile station.