Patent ID: 8351367
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communication by a user device on a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a downlink communication from a base station, the downlink communication indicating an allocation of time/frequency resource blocks at least to user devices that are communicating with the base station; measuring noise in a time/frequency resource block that is not allocated to one of the user devices for transmission; determining a level of interfering noise based on noise in the time/frequency resource block that is not allocated to the one of the user devices, wherein the measuring is performed in at least one of the time/frequency resource blocks that is signaled as being available to other user devices; and receiving at the user device a blank user equipment message that is generated based on a load level of a cell transmission area of the base station, wherein the blank user equipment message is received when the cell transmission area is loaded at a first level and is not received when the cell transmission area is loaded at a second level, and wherein the second level is different than the first level.