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Method and arrangement for mitigation of intercell interference in a cellular communication system

US7920537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2005
Grant dateApr 5, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2201/70702
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method (400) and arrangement (200) for mitigation of intercell and intracell interference in a 3GPP cellular communication system (100) by, in a receiver in a cell of the system, deriving for a first channel in the cell a signal, representative of first channel transfer function (A(1)); deriving for at least a second channel originating in a different cell a signal (A(2 . . . M)), representative of second channel transfer function, based on: deriving a cell specific scrambling code (s), deriving a channel impulse response (h), and deriving a channelisation code (c); and performing multi-user detection using the first and second signals. Where the channelisation code is unknown, a substitute channelisation code is preferably substituted. It will be appreciated that the technique can be applied to both downlink and uplink. This provides the advantage that both intra-cell interference and intercell interference are mitigated.

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