Methods and apparatus for varying reduced transmission resources
US8638868B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Inter-cell interference coordination across layers of a communication network can be implemented by configuring a cell to transmit one or more downlink transmission resources having variably reduced transmission activity. A transmitting node, such as a macro cell, can transmit transmission resources, such as resource elements, resource blocks, subframes, and frames, having reduced transmission activity at varying predictable times according to a selected cell activity pattern. A receiving node, such as a user equipment, can decide to make received signal measurements according to the cell activity pattern.
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