US 11,991,687 B2
Reducing interference in wireless networks
Huiying Fang, Guangdong (CN); Bo Dai, Guangdong (CN); and Luanjian Bian, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by ZTE Corporation, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,017.
Application 17/377,017 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/072333, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345368 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0091 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
determining, by a base station, one or more silent subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers in a physical resource block (PRB) associated with a communication system; and
transmitting, to a user equipment, a signaling that instructs whether to mute the one or more silent subcarriers,
wherein the signaling instructs whether to mute the one or more silent subcarriers when a muting-subcarrier function is enabled and in response to the one or more silent subcarriers being in the data channel,
wherein at least one subcarrier of a set of PRBs located on one side of a direct current (DC) subcarrier is muted, and at least one subcarrier of another set of PRBs located on another side of the DC subcarrier is not muted.