Method and apparatus for virtual adaptive uplink attenuation

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• (a) determine a level of excess received interference based at least in part on out-of-cell interference (Ioc);
• (b) calculate, for a specific user equipment (UE), an additional path loss (PL) on an uplink signal, in response to the level of excess received interference exceeding an interference target that would cause a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) metric to exceed conditions for stable system operation;
• and (c) increase an estimated interference-plus-noise power by the calculated additional PL;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for determining a level of excess received interference based at least in part on out-of-cell interference (Ioc);
• means for calculating, for a specific user equipment (UE), an additional path loss (PL) on an uplink signal, in response to the level of excess received interference exceeding an interference target that would cause a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) metric to exceed conditions for stable system operation;
• and
• means for increasing an estimated interference-plus-noise power by the calculated additional PL.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
• determine a level of excess received interference based at least in part on out-of-cell interference (Ioc);
• calculate, for a specific user equipment (UE), an additional path loss (PL) on an uplink signal, in response to the level of excess received interference exceeding an interference target that would cause a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) metric to exceed conditions for stable system operation;
• and
• increase an estimated interference-plus-noise power by the calculated additional PL.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• (a) receiving an additional path loss (PL) value from a serving network entity, in response to a level of excess mobile received power at the serving network entity exceeding a received power target that would cause a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) metric to exceed conditions for stable system operation;
• and
• (b) attenuating a transmit power of the mobile entity based at least in part on the received additional PL value;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
• receive an additional path loss (PL) value from a serving network entity, in response to a level of excess mobile received power at the serving network entity exceeding a received power target that would cause a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT) metric to exceed conditions for stable system operation;
• and
• attenuate a transmit power of the mobile entity based at least in part on the received additional PL value.