Apparatus and method to reduce interference between disparate communication systems

摘要

Embodiments include a method and apparatus configured to reduce interference. The method includes determining, by a user equipment, active and inactive subframes of a plurality of subframes associated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication. The method then includes performing relative signal quality measurements on the inactive subframes, and providing, to a base station, a relative signal quality measurement report based on the relative signal quality measurements performed on the inactive subframes.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a user equipment, active and inactive subframes of a plurality of subframes associated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication; performing relative signal quality measurements on the inactive subframes; providing, to a base station, a relative signal quality measurement report based on the relative signal quality measurements performed on the inactive subframes; estimating interference level caused by the wireless local area network (WLAN) communication on the active subframes; and providing a modified relative signal quality measurement report of the relative signal quality measurement report, to the base station based on the estimate of the interference level and the relative signal quality measurements for the active subframes, wherein the determining comprises identifying which of the plurality of subframes are inactive with respect to the wireless local area network (WLAN) communication, wherein at least one of the relative signal quality measurements comprises a radio link monitoring parameter, and at least one of the relative signal quality measurements comprises a radio resource management parameter, and wherein the modified relative signal quality measurement report comprises a percentage of the active subframes with respect to the wireless local area network (WLAN) communication of the plurality of subframes, or an indication that the relative signal quality measurements included in the modified relative signal quality measurement report are not valid.