METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN A HETEROGENOUS NETWORK

摘要

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to reduce interference in a heterogeneous network. In the context of a method, a signal may be transmitted that includes at least first and second measurement subsets. The subsets respectively include indications of first and second resources and cell IDs, the first and second resources being orthogonal to one another and the first and second cell IDs being different from one another. In the context of another method, a signal may be transmitted that includes indications of at least first and second subframe pattern subsets, the first being subset of an almost blank subframe (ABS) pattern that is orthogonal to one or more subframe pattern subsets adopted by one or more neighboring pico cells and the second being a subset of the ABS pattern that overlaps with one or more subframe pattern subsets adopted by one or more neighboring pico cells.