Interference variation indication

A method comprising:

• transmitting, by a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), quantizing information for an interference metric into one of a plurality of interference states;
• receiving, by the BS from the UE, an interference change report in response to a trigger related to the interference metric tracked by the UE;
• predicting, by the BS, a future interference condition at the UE based on the received interference change report;
• determining, by the BS, scheduling information based on the future interference condition;
• and
• transmitting, by the BS, the scheduling information to the UE.

A user equipment comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), quantizing information for an interference metric into one of a plurality of interference states;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• track, by the user equipment (UE), the interference metric of a channel condition at the UE;
• and
• determine to send an interference change report in response to a trigger related to the interference metric based on the quantizing information;
• and
• wherein the transceiver configured to transmit the interference change report to the BS in response to the determination.

A base station, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• transmit, by the base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), quantizing information for an interference metric into one of a plurality of interference states;
• and
• receive, by the BS from the UE, an interference change report in response to a trigger related to the interference metric tracked by the UE;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• predict a future interference condition at the UE based on the received interference change report;
• and
• determine scheduling information based on the future interference condition,
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the scheduling information to the UE.