Method and apparatus for interference-aware wireless communications

a method, comprising:

• receiving, at a controlling node, an interference measurement report from a first node;
• determining, from a transmission schedule, a transmit activity by a second node during an interference measurement period associated with the interference measurement report;
• estimating a contributing interference from the transmit activity by the second node during the measurement period;
• and
• causing an adjustment to the contributing interference.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform, at least, receiving an interference measurement report from a first node;
• determining from a transmission schedule a transmit activity by a second node during an interference measurement period associated with the interference measurement report;
• estimating a contributing interference from the transmit activity by the second node during the measurement period;
• and
• causing an adjustment to the contributing interference.

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, said operations comprising:

• receiving, at a controlling node, an interference measurement report from a first node;
• determining from a transmission schedule a transmit activity by a second node during an interference measurement period associated with the interference measurement report;
• estimating a contributing interference from the transmit activity by the second node during the measurement period;
• and
• causing an adjustment to the contributing interference.