Automatic uplink-downlink ratio reconfiguration setting in wireless communication system

A method, comprising:

• identifying at a base station of a cell of a wireless network at least one neighbor cell by detecting a synchronization signal of the at least one neighbor cell;
• measuring at the base station a received signal power from the at least one neighbor cell;
• communicating to a network entity of the wireless network identifying information and the received signal power of the at least one neighbor cell, wherein the network work entity determines if the base station is isolation from the at least one neighbor cell based at least in part on the measured received signal power from the at least one neighbor cell;
• receiving from the network entity information indicating whether the base station can enable dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration of the allocation of uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station, wherein dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration is enabled of the base station is isolated from the at least one neighbor cell and dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration is disabled if the base station is not isolated from the at least one neighbor cell;
• and
• reconfiguring the allocation of uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station if the information received from the network entity indicates that the base station can enable reconfiguration of the allocation of the uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in at least the following:
• detecting at a base station of a cell of a wireless network a synchronization signal of at least one neighbor cell;
• identifying at the base station the at least one neighbor cell based on the detected synchronization signal of the at least one neighbor cell;
• measuring at the base station a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), or a combination thereof, of the at least one neighbor cell;
• communicating to a network entity of the wireless network identifying information and the RSRP or RSRQ, or a combination thereof, of the at least one neighbor cell, wherein the network entity determines if the base station is isolated from the at least one neighbor cell based at least in part on the RSRP or RSRQ or a combination thereof;
• receiving from the network entity information indicating whether the base station can enable dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration of the allocation of uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station, wherein dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration is enabled if the base station is isolated from the at least one neighbor cell and dynamic uplink-downlink reconfiguration is disabled if the base station is not isolated from the at least one neighbor cell;
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• reconfiguring the allocation of uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station if the information received from the network entity indicates that the base station can enable reconfiguration of the allocation of the uplink and downlink subframes used in the cell of the base station.