Bursty-interference-aware interference management utilizing run-lengths

An apparatus for interference management for a wireless device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• determine a loss pattern from one or more block acknowledgement (ACK) bitmaps, the loss pattern comprising a plurality of values indicating reception success or reception failure of a corresponding media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) at a receiving station,
• compute a run-length (RL) vector characterizing, in length and frequency of occurrence, runs of consecutive reception failures and/or reception successes in the loss pattern,
• compare the RL vector to a corresponding RL signature for distinguishing bursty from non-bursty interference,
• identify a bursty interference condition based on the comparison, and
• generate a bursty interference indicator based on the identification of the bursty interference condition;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor for storing related data and instructions.

An apparatus for interference management for a wireless device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for determining a loss pattern from one or more block acknowledgement (ACK) bitmaps, the loss pattern comprising a plurality of values indicating reception success or reception failure of a corresponding media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) at a receiving station;
• means for computing a run-length (RL) vector characterizing, in length and frequency of occurrence, runs of consecutive reception failures and/or reception successes in the loss pattern;
• means for comparing the RL vector to a corresponding RL signature for distinguishing bursty from non-bursty interference;
• means for identifying a bursty interference condition based on the comparison;
• and
• means for generating a bursty interference indicator based on the identification of the bursty interference condition.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations for interference management for a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• code for determining a loss pattern from one or more block acknowledgement (ACK) bitmaps, the loss pattern comprising a plurality of values indicating reception success or reception failure of a corresponding media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) at a receiving station;
• code for computing a run-length (RL) vector characterizing, in length and frequency of occurrence, runs of consecutive reception failures and/or reception successes in the loss pattern;
• code for comparing the RL vector to a corresponding RL signature for distinguishing bursty from non-bursty interference;
• code for identifying a bursty interference condition based on the comparison;
• and
• code for generating a bursty interference indicator based on the identification of the bursty interference condition.