US RE49,804 E1
Reference signal interference management in heterogeneous network deployments
Iana Siomina, Täby (SE); and Lars Lindbom, Karlstad (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,390.
Application 13/942,256 is a division of application No. 12/976,225, filed on Dec. 22, 2010, granted, now 8,489,029, issued on Jul. 16, 2013.
Application 15/393,718 is a continuation of application No. 13/942,256, filed on Jul. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,571,246, issued on Jan. 14, 2017.
Application 12/976,225 is a continuation of application No. PCT/SE2010/051432, filed on Dec. 20, 2010.
Application 17/188,390 is a reissue of application No. 15/393,718, filed on Dec. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,225,057, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/357,884, filed on Jun. 23, 2010.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/024 (2017.01)
CPC H04B 7/0697 (2013.01) [H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 7/0684 (2013.01); H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04B 7/0613 (2013.01); Y02D 30/00 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 7. A method for operating a user equipment in a communication network, the method comprising:
acquiring information about a set of interfering cells among a plurality of cells;
identifying a set of time-frequency resources affected by the set of interfering cells; and
measuring a reference signal and while measuring the reference signal excluding the identified time-frequency resources or setting weights on the identified time-frequency resources to zero. ]