Patent ID: 8159998

Claim:
A method of improving a signal characteristic of a downlink signal received at a user equipment in a time division multiple access (TDMA) wireless communications system, comprising the steps of: at a user equipment: A. receiving a desired downlink signal from a signal source in a predetermined TDMA time slot; B. receiving at least one other signal in said same predetermined TDMA time slot; and C. measuring a signal quality characteristic of said desired downlink signal; the method comprising the further steps of: D. comparing said measured signal quality characteristic with a threshold; and E. where it is determined from said comparison of said measured signal quality characteristic with said threshold that said at least one other signal has contributed to the measured signal quality characteristic of the desired downlink signal not meeting the threshold, arranging for the source of said at least one other signal to change a transmission signal characteristic of said at least one other signal so as to reduce interference to the downlink signal received at the user equipment.