Method and network node for reducing interference in a wireless network
US11283536B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/23
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a network node (700) serving a first cell in a wireless network, for reducing interference in a second cell caused by transmission of reference signals in the first cell. The network node (700) transmits (7:2) in the first cell a scheduling block where a number of said reference signals are located in predefined resource element positions in the scheduling block, using a time offset relative transmission of a scheduling block in the second cell. Thereby, the impact of interference from a reference signal from one network node will be distributed over several resource elements in the other network node so that the impact in each resource element is reduced, as compared to when all interference from the reference signal hits one single resource element when no time offset is used.
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