Patent ID: 8126403

Claim:
A method for use in a cellular radio communication system that includes a first serving cell and a second non-serving cell, where a mobile radio is currently served by a first base station in the first cell and uplink radio transmissions from the mobile radio causes inter-cell interference in the second non-serving cell, comprising: (a) a communications node estimating the inter-cell interference in the second non-serving cell caused by the mobile radio's uplink transmissions from an absolute path gain associated with the mobile radio and the second non-serving cell combined with a total uplink power associated with the mobile radio's uplink transmissions; (b) detecting that the estimated inter-cell interference in the second non-serving cell exceeds a predetermined threshold; and (c) limiting the inter-cell interference in the second non-serving cell by managing radio resources so that the estimated inter-cell interference in the second non-serving cell is or becomes less than the predetermined threshold.