Patent ID: 8014785

Claim:
A method for collecting and reporting interference source information, comprising: receiving, by each terminal, a broadcast message carrying Neighbor BS (NBS) identification information that is sent by an NBS, sending, by a terminal that receives the broadcast message correctly, an interference report message carrying the broadcast message and receiving time information to an operating base station (OBS) to which the terminal homes, and sending, by a terminal that receives the broadcast message incorrectly, an interference report message carrying receiving time information; so as for recording, by the OBS, the NBS identification information carried in the broadcast message reported by the terminal that receives the broadcast message correctly as an interference source identification of the terminal, and determining, from the recorded interference sources, an interference source identification of the terminal that does not report the broadcast message, according to association relationship of receiving time information of the broadcast message, where the receiving time information is reported by each terminal.