Patent ID: 8761779

Claim:
A network node configured for use in a wireless communication network providing communication services in a plurality of cells, said network node comprising: a communication interface configured to receive signaling directly or indirectly from a wireless communication device having an associated one of the cells as a serving cell; and a processing circuit configured to: detect from said signaling that the wireless communication device is experiencing excessive interference variation arising from interfering transmissions by an interfering node in or proximate to said serving cell; determine a transmission pattern for the interfering transmissions; and adjust scheduling of communications with the wireless communication device in said serving cell based on the transmission pattern, to at least partly avoid coincidence with the interfering transmissions; wherein said signaling includes an indication of the transmission pattern as detected by the wireless communication device, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the transmission pattern based on receiving the indication of the transmission pattern; and wherein the processing circuit is configured to send to the wireless communication device assistance data identifying possible transmission patterns for the interfering transmissions, to assist the wireless communication device in detecting the transmission pattern.