CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus for controlling interference in a wireless communication system includes a first step of performing (500) a handoff measurement of a signal parameter for a current site and for nearby sites, and performing (502) a comparison of the signal parameters to select the nearby site having the strongest signal parameter. A next step (504) includes defining a target maximum allowable noise rise for the selected nearby site. A next step (506) includes calculating an upper bound for at least one operating parameter in the current site. A next step (508) includes determining whether a maximum for the at least one operating parameter exceeds (510) the upper bound. A next step (514) includes constraining the at least one operating parameter to no more than the upper bound if the maximum for the at least one operating parameter exceeds the upper bound.