System and method for interference management in cellular networks

摘要

Notifying served user equipments (UEs) of the presence or absence of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations in the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe can be achieved through various of signaling techniques. The served UE may be notified by communicating a one or multi-bit indicator in a physical layer signaling channel of the serving cell, such as the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the subframe. Alternatively, the served UE may be notified through higher layer signaling.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a first network controller, at least one indicator to a served user equipment (UE), wherein the at least one indicator specifies a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port count associated with CRS symbols transmitted by a second network controller, a CRS frequency shift of the CRS symbols transmitted by the second network controller, and whether a subframe carrying the CRS symbols transmitted by the second network controller is a Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe, wherein a combination of the CRS frequency shift, the CRS port count, and whether the subframe carrying the CRS symbols is an MBSFN subframe signal to the served UE which resources elements (REs) of the subframe carry the CRS symbols transmitted by the second network controller, the REs carrying the CRS symbols being in one or both of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of the subframe and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region of the subframe, and wherein the first network controller is different than the second network controller.