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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1231 (2013.01); H04J 11/0056 (2013.01); H04L 5/0035 (2013.01); H04L 5/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application discloses a method for mitigating inter-cell interference (ICI) by scheduling user equipments. The method comprises estimating inter-cell interference tolerance of each of at least one neighboring cell during uplink transmission of the user equipment; and coordinating uplink scheduling of the user equipment in accordance with the inter-cell interference tolerance. The present application also discloses a base station, a radio network controller and relevant signaling for mitigating inter-cell interference (ICI) by scheduling user equipments.