Interference control

A method for use in providing interference control in a communication element, the method comprising:

• determining an interference situation caused between a first communication performed on at least one frequency band and a second communication performed on another frequency band different from the at least one frequency band of the first communication;
• conducting a partial denial procedure for deactivating only a dedicated part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication when an interference situation is determined;
• and
• continuing, in parallel to the second communication, the first communication with a remaining part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication that are different from the dedicated part of resource blocks deactivated in the partial denial procedure.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, the computer readable instructions being executable by a computerized device to cause the computerized device to perform a method including the steps of:

• determining an interference situation caused between a first communication performed on at least one frequency band and a second communication performed on another frequency band different from the at least one frequency band of the first communication;
• conducting a partial denial procedure for deactivating only a dedicated part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication when of an interference situation is determined;
• and
• continuing, in parallel to the second communication, the first communication with a remaining part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication that are different from the dedicated part of resource blocks deactivated in the partial denial procedure.

A portable communication device, comprising:

• a plurality of transceivers configured to conduct in-device co-existence operation by communicating on different frequency bands;
• an interference determination portion configured to determine an interference situation caused between a first communication performed on at least a first one of the frequency bands and a second communication performed on a second one of the frequency bands different from the first frequency band of the first communication;
• a partial denial processing portion configured to deactivate only a dedicated part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the first frequency band when an interference situation is determined by the interference determination portion;
• and
• a communication continuation processing portion configured to continue, in parallel to the second communication on the second frequency band, the first communication with a remaining part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the first frequency band that are different from the dedicated part of resource blocks deactivated by the partial denial processing portion.