Patent ID: 8509697

Claim:
A method for controlling uplink interference at a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining at least one interference signal power threshold determined by at least one neighbor BS; determining a transmit power offset for at least one serviced Mobile Station (MS) using the at least one interference signal power threshold; and sending the transmit power offset for the at least one MS to the at least one MS, wherein determining the transmit power offset comprises: determining a path loss between the BS and the MS and a path loss between the neighbor BS and the MS; predicting a signal power when a transmit signal of the MS is received at the neighbor BS using at least one of the path loss between the BS and the MS and the path loss between the neighbor BS and the MS; and determining the transmit power offset of the MS using the predicted signal power and the interference signal power threshold determined by the neighbor BS.