Methods for Interference Cancellation and Suppression with Network Assistance

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a receiver that receiving a desired signal and an interfering signal by the UE in a serving cell of a mobile communication network;
• a control and configuration module that derives a first set of parameters related to the interfering signal, wherein the control and configuration module also obtains a second set of parameters related to the interfering signal;
• and
• an interference cancellation (IC) module that cancels a contribution of the interfering signal from the desired signal based on the combination of the first and the second set of parameters.

A method, comprising:

• transmitting radio signals by a serving base station (eNB) to a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network;
• determining a first set of parameters related to an intra-cell interfering signal to the UE;
• determining a second set of parameters related to an inter-cell interfering signal from a neighboring cell to the UE;
• and
• transmitting the first set and the second set of parameters to the UE for UE to cancel a contribution of the interfering signals based on the first and the second set of parameters.