Patent ID: 9210584
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring signal interference from an interfering transceiver node of a mobile communications network to a user equipment served by a serving transceiver node, the interfering transceiver node using a plurality of defined radiation patterns for signal transmission, the method comprising the steps of: triggering, by the serving transceiver node, a transmission of a sequence of the defined radiation patterns by the interfering transceiver node, triggering, by the serving transceiver node, signal measurements at the user equipment of signals transmitted by the interfering transceiver node that uses the sequence of the defined radiation patterns, and estimating, by the serving transceiver node, an interference level of the signals received at the user equipment from the interfering transceiver node in dependence on the sequence of the defined radiation patterns, wherein the interference level is estimated based on the triggered signal measurements received from the user equipment.