Patent ID: 8219137

Claim:
Method for controlling an interference level generated by a mobile station communicating with a current base station on at least a neighbor base station in a wireless communication system, comprising at least steps: A: selecting at least one neighbor base station; B: estimating a first attenuation value representative of signal attenuation level between the mobile station and the current base station, and at least a second attenuation value correlated to said at least one neighbor base station selected in step A and representative of signal attenuation level between the mobile station and the correlated neighbor base station; C′: estimating a first received signal strength by measuring power level of a signal received by the current base station from the mobile station; C″: estimating the interference level from the relation: I_level=BS 0 _RSS+L 0 −L, in which I_level is the interference level, BS 0 _RSS is the first received signal strength estimated in step C′, L 0 is the first attenuation value estimated in step B, and L is one of said at least a second attenuation values estimated in step B, D: comparing the interference level to a reference interference level, and according to the result of the comparison, sending to the mobile station at least information relative to a maximum transmitted signal strength for the mobile station.