Patent ID: 8520628

Claim:
A method of monitoring other channel interference in wireless communication system, characterized in that: updating, by a communication apparatus, an OSI Monitor Set (OSIMonitorSet) at the beginning of every superframe of a reverse link (RL) serving sector; providing, by the communication apparatus, a list of Pilot PN's (PilotPN's) of the sectors whose pilot strength (PilotStrenth) is larger than or equal to an other sector interference Monitor Threshold (OSIMonitorThreshold) in an OSIMonitorSet, wherein the PilotPN and the PilotStrength are fields in an Overhead Parameter List (OverheadParameterList) of an Overhead Message Protocol and the OSIMonitorThreshold is a configuration attribute of the Overhead Message Protocol; excluding, by the communication apparatus, the PilotPN of the reverse link Serving Sector (RLServingSector); determining, by the communication apparatus, if the size of a list OSI Monitor Set Size (OSIMonitorSetSize) is larger than or equal to N OSIMonitorSet , wherein N OSIMonitorSet is a configuration attribute of the Overhead Message Protocol; and keeping, by the communication apparatus, strongest PilotStrength of N OSIMonitorSet PilotPN's, if the size of the list OSI Monitor Set Size is larger than or equal to N OSIMonitorSet .