Concept for inter-cell interference coordination in a cellular communication network

• Main Author: Klein, Siegfried
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.08.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Embodiments relate to a concept for inter-cell interference coordination in a cellular communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, each radio cell being served by a serving base station. The concept comprises determining (11) a current load situation of a serving base station, identifying (12) interfering base stations interfering a communication of the serving base station with its associated mobile terminals located in a border area of the serving base station's served radio cell, estimating (13) a hypothetical capacity gain for the serving base station under the premise that an identified interfering base station restrains a usage of at least a subset of its interfering physical radio resources, transferring (14) a report on the serving base station's current load situation and the estimated hypothetical capacity gain to each of the identified interfering base stations, and evaluating (15), at an identified interfering base station, at least one report transferred from at least one neighboring serving base station, in order to reduce (16), where appropriate, a usage of said identified interfering base station's physical radio resources based on the evaluation and a current load situation of the identified interfering base station.