摘要 |
System (s) and method (s) are provided for inter-cell power control in th e presence of fractional frequency reuse in a wireless communication system. Transmission power control of a terminal (210); and ensuing inter-cell inte rference mitigation, is accomplished by receiving load indicators (23Oi) fro m non-serving sectors (246i), decoding those load indicators corresponding t o the non-serving sectors that operate in the same frequency bands as the te rminal, and adjusting the transmission power according to the states of the decoded load indicators in conjunction with the associated non-serving secto r forward link signal-to-interference and-noise ratio at the terminal. The s tates of the load indicators reflect magnitudes of interference metrics with respect to threshold values. Load indicators can also be conveyed by the no n-serving sector to4 a base station (260) serving the terminal through a bac khaul (250) communication, and said base station can schedule an adjusted tr ansmission power for the terminal. |