# US 12,225,475 B2 · Method and apparatus for increasing performance of communication links of cooperative communication nodes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,475 B2 - Document ID: US12225475B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/528,049 - Filed: 2023-12-04 - Published: 2024-04-11 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-05 - Assignees: ISCO International, LLC - Applicants: ISCO International, LLC - Inventors: Amr Abdelmonem; Jorge Seoane; Mikhail Galeev; Krishna Komoravolu; Zhigang Wang; Gordon Reichard, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225475B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/241: {taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR or Eb/lo} - H04J 11/005: {of intercell interference} - H04J 11/0066: {of narrowband interference (narrowband interference reduction H04B1/1036)} - H04L 5/0021: {in which codes are applied as a frequency-domain sequences, e.g. MC-CDMA} - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04L 5/0073: {Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 52/243: {taking into account interferences} - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, monitoring performance parameters in a communications network, identifying a degradation in performance of one or more nodes of the communications network according the monitored performance parameters, and initiating corrective action to mitigate the degradation in performance of the one or more nodes of the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising: obtaining a plurality of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurements from each of a plurality of cell sites in communication with the processing system; identifying a cell site with a lowest SINR measurement, resulting in an identified cell site; based on a determination that the lowest SINR measurement is less than a first SINR threshold, initiating an action to affect SINR associated with the identified cell site; and transmitting information to one or more other cell sites of the plurality of cell sites that enables the one or more other cell sites to counteract the action. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the action comprises adjusting one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise reversing, at least in part, the action responsive to determining that SINR associated with the identified cell site has not improved. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise reversing, at least in part, the action responsive to determining that the action has had an adverse effect on another cell site of the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein as a result of the action, the other cell site has a SINR measurement below a second SINR threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device of claim 5, wherein the second SINR threshold is determined according to a time of day. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The device of claim 5, wherein the second SINR threshold is determined according to a key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of cell sites is configured to perform iterated SINR measurements that are averaged over time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of SINR measurements comprises an interference component based on measurements of signals that exceed an inter-cell threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the action comprises filtering adjacent signals, adjusting gain of an uplink, filtering interference signals, utilizing diversity signal paths, adjusting a pilot signal, adjusting transmit parameters, adjusting receive parameters, adjusting a modulation scheme, adjusting a coding scheme, adjusting a position of an antenna, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurements from each of a plurality of cell sites in communication with the processing system; identifying, by the processing system, a cell site of the plurality of cell sites with a lowest SINR measurement, resulting in an identified cell site; based on a determination that the lowest SINR measurement is less than a first SINR threshold, causing, by the processing system, an action to be performed so as to affect SINR associated with the identified cell site; and causing, by the processing system, data to be provided to one or more other cell sites of the plurality of cell sites that enables the one or more other cell sites to reverse the action. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the action comprises adjusting one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising reversing, by the processing system, the action at least in part, responsive to determining that SINR of the identified cell site has not improved. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising reversing, by the processing system, the action at least in part, responsive to determining that the action has had an adverse effect on another cell site of the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein as a result of the action, the other cell site has a SINR measurement below a second SINR threshold. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising: obtaining a plurality of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurements from each of a plurality of cell sites in communication with the processing system, each of the plurality of SINR measurements comprising an interference component; identifying a cell site with a lowest SINR measurement, resulting in an identified cell site; based on a determination that the lowest SINR measurement is less than a first SINR threshold, initiating an action to affect SINR associated with the identified cell site; and providing information to one or more other cell sites of the plurality of cell sites that enables the one or more other cell sites to reverse the action. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the action comprises adjusting one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise reversing the action at least in part, responsive to determining that SINR of the identified cell site has not improved. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise reversing the action at least in part, responsive to determining that the action has had an adverse effect on another cell site of the plurality of cell sites. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein as a result of the action, the other cell site has a SINR measurement below a second SINR threshold.