Patent ID: 8428629
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a control device, the method comprising: determining a first mode of operation for communication from a first wireless terminal, located in a first base station coverage area, to a second wireless terminal as a function of a direct mode system interference cost estimate and an infrastructure mode system interference cost estimate, said direct mode system interference cost estimate being based on interference which will be caused in a second base station coverage area if said first wireless terminal uses a direct mode of operation to communicate with said second wireless terminal, said infrastructure mode system interference cost estimate being based on interference which will be caused in the second base station coverage area if said first wireless terminal uses an infrastructure mode of operation to communicate with said second wireless terminal, said second base station coverage area corresponding to a second base station located adjacent a first base station to which said first base station coverage area corresponds, said first mode of operation being one of said direct mode of operation and said infrastructure mode of operation; and communicating to the first wireless terminal the determined first mode of operation to be used for communication from the first wireless terminal to the second wireless terminal.