Patent ID: 8843170

Claim:
A method for characterizing interference in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of user equipment configured to communicate with a plurality of transceiver stations, the method comprising: determining quantities indicative of interference experienced by a transceiver station interfered with by an interfering user equipment, wherein: the interfering user equipment is served by a serving transceiver station which is different from the interfered-with transceiver station; and the quantities indicative of interference comprise attenuations of signals experienced by pilot signals carrying cell-specific training sequences and propagating between the interfered-with transceiver station and the interfering user equipment; exchanging between the serving transceiver station and the interfered-with transceiver station information concerning interference from the interfering user equipment, wherein the information concerning interference includes the attenuations of signals and interfering transmission powers that the interfering user equipment uses to transmit, and wherein the exchanging includes sending the interfering transmission powers that the interfering user equipment uses to transmit from the serving transceiver station to the interfered-with transceiver station; and receiving, by the serving transceiver station, a request from the interfered-with transceiver station for reducing the interfering transmission powers that the interfering user equipment uses to transmit.