Patent ID: 8503324

Claim:
A method for controlling interference in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: performing a handoff measurement of a signal parameter for a current site and for nearby sites, and performing a comparison of the signal parameters to select the nearby site having the strongest signal parameter relative to the current site by computing a difference between the signal parameter measurements of the current site and the selected nearby site; defining a target maximum allowable noise rise for the selected nearby site; calculating an upper bound for at least one operating parameter in the current site by summing the difference with the target maximum allowable noise rise to set the upper bound; determining whether a maximum for the at least one operating parameter exceeds the upper bound; and constraining the at least one operating parameter to no more than the upper bound if the maximum for the at least one operating parameter exceeds the upper bound; wherein the determining step also includes determining if the selected nearby site is in use; and wherein the constraining step also includes constraining the at least one operating parameter only if the selected nearby site is in use.