Timeslot Allocation Method in a Wireless TDD Network

A method of scheduling resources in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless network that includes a first base station acting as a serving base station for a user equipment, said method performed at the first base station and comprising:

• detecting that a second base station in the wireless network uses a different TDD configuration than the first base station;
• instructing the user equipment to generate and provide a signal strength measurement report based on a signal received in the user equipment from the second base station;
• receiving the signal strength measurement report from the user equipment;
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• determining whether to avoid allocating resources to the user equipment in Time to Transmit Intervals (TTIs) that do not have the same link direction at the first and second base stations, in dependence on the signal strength measurement report.

An arrangement in a first base station configured for use in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless network, the arrangement comprising:

• a detection unit configured to detect that a second base station in the wireless network uses a different TDD configuration than the first base station;
• a transmitter configured to transmit an instruction to a user equipment for which the first base station is acting as a serving base station, to instruct the user equipment to generate and provide a signal strength measurement report that is based on a signal received at the user equipment from the second base station;
• a receiver configured to receive the signal strength measurement report from the user equipment;
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• an allocating unit configured to determine whether to avoid allocating resources to the user equipment in Time to Transmit Intervals (TTIs) that do not have the same link direction at the first and second base stations, in dependence on the signal strength measurement report.

A method in a user equipment, for enabling scheduling of resources in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless network that includes a first base station acting as serving base station for the user equipment, the method comprising:

• receiving an instruction to generate and provide a signal strength measurement report based on a signal received from a second base station in the wireless network that has a different TDD configuration than the first base station;
• generating the signal strength measurement report based on a measure of signal strength for a signal received from the second base station;
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• transmitting the generated signal strength measurement report to the first base station, to thereby enable the first base station to determine whether to avoid allocating resources to the user equipment in Time to Transmit Intervals (TTIs) that do not have the same link direction at the first and second base stations, in dependence on the signal strength measurement report.

An arrangement in a user equipment that is configured for use in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless network, the arrangement comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive an instruction from a first base station in the wireless network acting as a serving base station for the user equipment, to generate and provide a signal strength measurement concerning the signal strength of a signal received from a second base station in the wireless network;
• a report generator configured to generate the signal strength measurement report based on the signal strength measurement;
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• a transmitter configured to transmit the signal strength measurement report to the first base station, to thereby enable the first base station to determine whether to avoid allocating resources to the user equipment in Time to Transmit Intervals (TTIs) that do not have the same link direction at the first and second base stations, in dependence on the signal strength measurement report.