Patent ID: 8412103

Claim:
A method for mitigating interference caused to a first access point by a first wireless terminal that is attached to a network via a second access point, the method comprising: the first access point identifying an interfering transmission from the first wireless terminal that is causing interference to the first access point; the first access point performing an interference cancellation operation on the interfering transmission; the first access point determining a level of success of the interference cancellation operation; the first access point sending a message to the second access point indicating the level of success of the interference cancellation operation; the second access point receiving the message indicating the level of success of the interference cancellation operation performed at the first access point; the second access point controlling an uplink transmission power level of the first wireless terminal as a function of information in the message indicating the level of success of interference cancellation performed by the first access point; prior to the identifying of the interfering transmission, measuring, by the first wireless terminal, downlink pilot signals of the second access point; and communicating, by the first wireless terminal, information regarding the measurements of the downlink pilot signals of the second access point, wherein the controlling of the uplink transmission power level of the first wireless terminal is based upon the information regarding the measurements of the downlink pilot signals of the second access point.