Method and apparatus for utility based interference management

An apparatus for managing uplink (UL) interference at a base station, comprising:

• means for receiving one or more reselection or handover measurements from one or more user equipments (UEs) in communication with the base station;
• means for receiving one or more load indicator values from one or more neighboring base stations of the base station;
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• means for estimating an interference target value for the one or more UEs in communication with the base station based at least on the measurements received from the one or more UEs and the load indicator values received from the one or more neighboring base stations, wherein the means for estimating the interference target value includes:
• means for computing a total cost of links from all base stations to a respective UE of the one or more UEs, wherein the total cost is computed based on interference caused by the respective UE on the one or more neighboring base stations which receive non-zero signals from the respective UE and the load indicator values of the one or more neighboring base stations;
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• means for deducting a cost of a link from the respective UE to a serving base station of the respective UE.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code for managing uplink (UL) interference at a base station, comprising:

• code for receiving one or more reselection or handover measurements from one or more user equipments (UEs) in communication with the base station;
• code for receiving one or more load indicator values from one or more neighboring base stations of the base station;
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• code for estimating an interference target value for the one or more UEs in communication with the base station based at least on the measurements received from the one or more UEs and the load indicator values received from the one or more neighboring base stations, wherein the code for estimating the interference target value includes:
• code for computing a total cost of links from all base stations to a respective UE of the one or more UEs, wherein the total cost is computed based on interference caused by the respective UE on the one or more neighboring base stations which receive non-zero signals from the respective UE and the load indicator values of the one or more neighboring base stations;
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• code for deducting a cost of a link from the respective UE to a serving base station of the respective UE.

An apparatus for managing uplink (UL) interference at a base station, comprising:

• a reselection or handover measurements receiving component to receive one or more reselection or handover measurements from one or more user equipments (UEs) in communication with the base station;
• a load indicator value receiving component to receive one or more load indicator values from one or more neighboring base stations of the base station;
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• an interference target value estimating component to estimate an interference target value for the one or more UEs in communication with the base station based at least on the measurements received from the one or more UEs and the load indicator values received from the one or more neighboring base stations, wherein the interference target value estimating component is further configured to:
• compute a total cost of links from all base stations to a respective UE of the one or more UEs, wherein the total cost is computed based on interference caused by the respective UE on the one or more neighboring base stations which receive non-zero signals from the respective UE and the load indicator values of the one or more neighboring base stations;
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• deduct a cost of a link from the respective UE to a serving base station of the respective UE.