Patent ID: 8452316

Claim:
A method of performing power control for a wireless terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising: obtaining, for each of at least one base station, an indication of interference observed by the base station, each of the at least one base station being a neighbor base station not designated to receive a data transmission sent by the wireless terminal or a serving base station designated to receive the data transmission sent by the wireless terminal; adjusting transmit power for the data transmission based on at least one indication of interference obtained for the at least one base station; estimating a channel gain for a serving base station included in the at least one base station; and for each neighbor base station to be considered in adjusting the transmit power, estimating a channel gain for the neighbor base station; and adjusting the transmit power for the data transmission based on an indication of interference obtained for the neighbor base station and the estimated channel gains for the neighbor and serving base stations.