Method and apparatus for controlling interference coordination between cells
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsTomas Lundborg, Ke Wang Helmersson
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Abstract
A method and a base station serving a first cell of a cellular network, for controlling interference coordination with at least one neighbouring cell. The base station obtains transaction related information pertaining to a forthcoming data transaction involving at least one wireless terminal in the first cell, and estimates a transaction magnitude (TM) for said data transaction, based on the obtained transaction related information. The base station then controls employment of an Inter-Cell Interference Coordination scheme for the forthcoming data transaction, based on the estimated transaction magnitude.
Claims14
A method in a base station serving a first cell of a cellular network, for controlling interference coordination with at least one neighbouring cell, the method comprising:
- obtaining transaction related information (TI) pertaining to a forthcoming data transaction involving at least one wireless terminal in the first cell,
- estimating a transaction magnitude (TM) for said forthcoming data transaction, based on the obtained transaction related information, and
- controlling employment of an Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) scheme for the forthcoming data transaction, based on the estimated transaction magnitude.
A base station serving a first cell of a cellular network and being configured to control interference coordination with at least one neighbouring cell, the base station comprising:
- an obtaining unit adapted to obtain transaction related information pertaining to a forthcoming data transaction involving at least one wireless terminal in the first cell,
- an estimating unit adapted to estimate a transaction magnitude (TM) for the forthcoming data transaction, based on the obtained transaction related information, and
- a controlling unit adapted to control employment of an Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) scheme for the forthcoming data transaction, based on the estimated transaction magnitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.