Patent ID: 8594672

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: memory; at least one processor; a program of instructions, configured to, with the memory and the at least one processor, configure the apparatus to perform actions comprising at least: monitoring load metric information relating to loads affecting one or more nodes of a network comprising at least a first subset of nodes that employ almost blank subframes and a second subset of nodes; and updating almost blank subframe proportioning to create an updated proportioning based on the load metric information, wherein load metric information of at least one node in the second subset comprises load metric information relating to almost blank subframes; wherein updating almost blank subframe proportioning comprises: calculating a first sum of the load metrics pertaining to the first subset of network nodes; calculating a second sum of the load metrics of nodes in the second subset relating to almost blank subframes; and determining an updated almost blank subframe proportion as a function of the first sum, and the second sum.