Patent ID: 8442579
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising a wireless communications unit configured to: determine that the device is a cell-edge user; determine interference mitigation techniques available to the device; calculate a channel quality indicator (CQI) for each interference mitigation technique available to the device; determine a preferred interference mitigation technique from the interference mitigation techniques available to the device, wherein the preferred interference mitigation technique is the interference mitigation technique that provides a relatively highest transmission throughput for the device with respect to the available interference migitation techniques; transmit a first signal to a serving station to notify the serving station of a cell-edge-user status of the device; receive a second signal from the serving station allocating resources to the device, wherein the resources are allocated to the device based on the cell-edge-user status of the device; and transmit a third signal to indicate a preferred interference mitigation technique if the relatively highest transmission throughput is greater than a previous transmission throughput.