Method and apparatus for improving resource usage in communication networks using interference cancelation
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSiddhartha Mallik, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic
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Abstract
Systems, method and devices utilized in wireless communication may include creating, scheduling and/or using a transmission having at least one quasi-ABS which includes at least one macro set corresponding to a designated sector of a plurality of sectors in a macro node. Such subframes may be formed and partitioned to provide for a partition which may be used by a range expansion resource, such as a pico node or user entity.
Claims77
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- forming a plurality of macro sets according to operating characteristics of a macro node;
- forming at least one quasi-almost blank subframe (ABS) including at least one active macro set of the plurality of macro sets;
- and
- partitioning a plurality of subframes to provide for a partition which will be used by a range expansion resource, wherein at least one subframe of the partitioned plurality of subframes includes at least one of the formed quasi-ABSs.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for a plurality of macro sets according to operating characteristics of a macro node;
- means for forming at least one quasi-ABS including at least one active macro set of the plurality of macro sets;
- and
- means for partitioning a plurality of subframes to provide for a partition which will be used by a range expansion resource, wherein at least one subframe of the partitioned plurality of subframes includes at least one of the formed quasi-ABSs.
A computer program product for wireless communications in a wireless network, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code including:
- program code causing a computer to:
- form a plurality of macro sets according to operating characteristics of a macro node;
- form at least one quasi-ABS including at least one active macro set of the plurality of macro sets;
- and
- partition a plurality of subframes to provide for a partition which will be used by a range expansion resource, wherein at least one subframe of the partitioned plurality of subframes includes at least one of the formed quasi-ABSs.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured:
- to form a plurality of macro sets according to operating characteristics of a macro node;
- to form at least one quasi-ABS including at least one active macro set of the plurality of macro sets;
- and
- to partition a plurality of subframes to provide for a partition which will be used by a range expansion resource, wherein at least one subframe of the partitioned plurality of subframes includes at least one of the formed quasi-ABSs.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- providing, by a user entity, interference information to a macro node;
- and
- receiving a communication scheduled by a pico node, wherein the communication is conveyed on a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for providing, by a user entity, interference information to a macro node;
- and
- means for receiving a communication scheduled by a pico node, wherein the communication is conveyed on a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node.
A computer program product for wireless communications in a wireless network, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code including:
- program code for causing a computer to:
- provide, by a user entity, interference information to a macro node;
- and
- receive a communication scheduled by a pico node, wherein the communication is conveyed on a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured:
- to provide, by a user entity, interference information to a macro node;
- and
- to receive a communication scheduled by a pico node, wherein the communication is conveyed on a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving access to a plurality of subframes from a macro node, wherein at least one of the plurality of subframes includes a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node;
- and
- scheduling the at least one quasi-ABS to be used by a range expansion user entity.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for receiving access to a plurality of subframes from a macro node, wherein at least one of the plurality of subframes includes a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node;
- and
- means for scheduling the at least one quasi-ABS to be used by a range expansion user entity.
A computer program product for wireless communications in a wireless network, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code including:
- program code causing a computer to:
- receive access to a plurality of subframes from a macro node, wherein at least one of the plurality of subframes includes a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node;
- and
- schedule the at least one quasi-ABS to be used by a range expansion user entity.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured:
- to receive access to a plurality of subframes from a macro node, wherein at least one of the plurality of subframes includes a quasi-ABS which includes information corresponding to at least one macro set of data from a macro node;
- and
- to schedule the at least one quasi-ABS to be used by a range expansion user entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.