Reverse link feedback for interference control in a wireless communication system

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• a memory that stores data relating to a difference in channel quality between a serving sector and a dominant interference sector and data relating to a target interference level;
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• a processor configured to compute a combined PA headroom and interference value based at least in part on the difference in channel quality and the target interference level and to instruct transmission of the combined value to the serving sector.

An apparatus that facilitates reverse link power control and interference management in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for computing one or more interference-based headroom parameters for communication with a serving base station;
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• means for communicating the one or more interference-based headroom parameters to the serving base station with PA headroom feedback.

A computer-readable medium, comprising:

• code for causing a computer to determine a PA headroom parameter and an interference-based headroom parameter;
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• code for causing a computer to communicate the PA headroom parameter and the interference-based headroom parameter to an access point.

A method for conducting power control and interference management in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• receiving a combined PA headroom and interference value from an access terminal;
• and
• assigning one or more of a transmit power and a bandwidth for the access terminal based at least in part on the combined value.

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• a memory that stores data relating to a PA headroom parameter and an interference-based headroom parameter received from a terminal;
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• a processor configured to assign a transmit power for the terminal based on at least one of the PA headroom parameter and the interference-based headroom parameter.

An apparatus that facilitates reverse link power control and interference management in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for receiving PA headroom feedback and interference-based headroom feedback from a mobile terminal;
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• means for assigning resources to the mobile terminal for communication based on one or more of the PA headroom feedback and the interference-based headroom feedback.

A computer-readable medium, comprising:

• code for causing a computer to determine a transmit PSD to be utilized by an access terminal based at least in part on a combined PA headroom and interference value received from the access terminal;
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• code for causing a computer to communicate the transmit PSD to the access terminal.