Patent ID: 8046019
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining transmission power for a user in a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a user, a plurality of interference indicators, the user being associated with a sector, the plurality of interference indicators corresponding to a plurality of sectors respectively, each of the plurality of sectors being associated with one of a plurality of users and a base station, wherein each of the plurality of interference indicators respectively corresponds to an interference metric κ processing at least information associated with the plurality of interference indicators; selecting an interference indicator from the plurality of interference indicators based on at least information associated with the plurality of interference indicators, the selected interference indicator corresponding to one of the plurality of sectors; determining a gain indicator corresponding to both the terminal and the one of the plurality of sectors; processing information associated with the gain indicator; and determining a transmission power for the user based on at least information associated with the gain indicator and the selected interference indicator.