Patent ID: 9107174
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating uplink power control (PC) and scheduling in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of potential interference patterns between a plurality of neighboring cells, wherein each of the plurality of potential interference patterns specify a different set of inter-cell-interference (ICI) thresholds for constraining scheduled transmissions in the plurality of neighboring cells; statistically narrowing the plurality of potential interference patterns into one or more common interference patterns, wherein statistically narrowing the plurality of interference patterns includes removing at least some potential interference patterns from the plurality of potential interference patterns; and sending the one or more common interference patterns to a first base station (eNB) in a first one of the plurality of neighboring cells, thereby triggering the first eNB to perform localized PC and to perform scheduling in the first neighboring cell in accordance with the one or more common interference patterns.