Apparatus and method for controlling self-interference in a cellular communications system
US8594000B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a radio base station (102) and method in a radio base station of a cellular communications system (100) for controlling self-interference. The radio base station (102) supports communication with a user equipment (101) using multiple uplink and multiple downlink carriers (104a, 104b, 105a, 105b). The method comprises detecting a degraded downlink performance on a downlink carrier (105a) due to self-interference by determining that a set of predefined conditions applies. The method further comprises executing, in response to detection of the degraded downlink performance, an action to reduce self-interference between the uplink and downlink carriers (104a, 104b, 105a, 105b). The action is one of: uplink scheduling to reduce self-interference, deactivation of a secondary uplink carrier (14a, 104b), deactivation of a secondary downlink carrier (105a, 105b), and initiation of carrier reconfiguration to reduce self-interference. Accordingly, benefits of using multi-carrier operation may be balanced against a possible associated drawback of degraded downlink performance due to self-interference.
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