RESTRICTIONS ON CONTROL CHANNEL SCHEDULING

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving blind-decoding and interference suppression associated with interference from non-serving cells in a wireless network, specifically, performing interference suppression on the non-serving cell control channel. Various aspect employ network-assisted blind-decoding of non-serving cell signals at UEs through the coordination, communication, and use of communication restriction conditions. Network aspects may restrict certain communications between eNBs and served UEs, and communicate the restrictions to non-served UE. The non-served UEs can then leverage the restrictions for more efficient blind-decoding of interfering eNB signals and interference cancellation of interfering eNB signals.

主权项

1. A method of decoding a control channel in a communication system, comprising:
determining a control channel restriction condition; identifying at least one subframe, in a received signal, conforming to the control channel restriction condition; and decoding a control channel associated with a network entity in the at least one subframe based on the control channel restriction condition, wherein the control channel associated with the network entity conforms to the control channel restriction condition.