System and method for interference coordination

摘要

A method for operating an interference coordinating entity (ICE) includes partitioning, by the ICE, a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by grouping transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) in accordance with a partitioning criterion into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set. The UEs to be served are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary. The method also includes saving, by the ICE, V-TP information to a memory.

主权项

1. A method for operating an interference coordinating entity (ICE), the method comprising:
partitioning, by the ICE, a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by:
grouping, according to a partitioning criterion, transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set, wherein the UEs to be served are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary;adjusting the partitioning criterion; andrepeating the partitioning to produce a plurality of V-TP sets; saving, by the ICE, V-TP information to a memory; for each V-TP set,
scheduling the UEs that can be served by the TPs for the V-TP set, anddetermining a merit measurement for the UEs that have been scheduled for the V-TP set; selecting one of the merit measurements to determine a V-TP configuration for the CRAN cluster; and causing, by the ICE, at least one of the TPs to communicate to at least one of the UEs according to parameters of the V-TP configuration.