Patent ID: 8023955

Claim:
A tangible computer program product having executable program code stored therein for performing a method of intercell control by allocating uplink transmission resources in a mobile station of a wireless communication system, the program code operable for performing a method when executed at a mobile station, the method comprising: receiving at least one serving base station reference signal transmission transmitted at a transmission power level; receiving at least one non-serving base station reference signal transmission transmitted at a respective power level; measuring at least one received signal power level corresponding to the at least one serving base station reference signal transmission; constructing a noise-free version of one of the at least one respective reference signals; calculating a power of the noise-free version; estimating an at least one interference power level for the at least one non-serving base station reference signal transmission by a relationship of the noise-free version power level and the measured, received signal power of the at least one respective reference signal; calculating a figure of merit for transmission to the at least one serving base station, wherein the figure of merit is for adjusting an uplink transmission resource parameter at the mobile station, and is based on a relationship of the at least one received signal power level and the at least one interference power level; transmitting, to the at least one serving base station, the figure of merit to determine the uplink transmission resource parameter for the mobile station; and receiving, from the at least one serving base station, the uplink transmission resource parameter in response to the figure of merit, wherein the uplink transmission resource parameter is determined by an uplink scheduler of the at least one serving base station such that an acceptable uplink interference is predicted to be caused to the at least one non-serving base station as a result of a transmission from the mobile station to the at least one serving base station using the uplink transmission resource parameter based in part upon cell uplink path gain information.