Patent ID: 9042933
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a wireless network, the method comprising: accessing, by a communications controller, a first value for a power level variable associated with a first resource block that is allocated by a first base station that serves a first sector of the wireless network; updating, by the communications controller, the first value for the power level variable according to an iterative process having multiple cycles, each cycle of the iterative process comprising: i) receiving a second value from a second base station that serves a second sector of the wireless network, the second value corresponding to the effect of power level for a second resource block allocated by the second base station on a measure of utility for the second sector; and ii) determining an updated value for the power level variable according to the second value; and setting, by the communications controller, a transmit power level for the first resource block according to the updated value.