US 12,096,464 B2
Methods and apparatus for interference reduction and coordination
Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jeongho Jeon, San Jose, CA (US); Joonyoung Cho, Portland, OR (US); and Aristides Papasakellariou, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,400.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,124, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095309 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/541 (2023.01) [H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a first base station, the method comprising:
determining first information corresponding to a first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block for a first serving cell, wherein the first information includes:
a first interference level from a set of interference levels,
a first priority level from a set of priority levels, and
a first resource from a set of resources,
determining second information corresponding to a second SS/PBCH block for the first serving cell, wherein:
the second SS/PBCH block is in different frequency resources of the first serving cell than the first SS/PBCH block, and
the second information includes:
a second interference level from the set of interference levels,
a second priority level from the set of priority levels, and
a second resource from the set of resources, and
transmitting, to a second base station, the first information and the second information,
wherein the first interference level and the first priority level are associated with the first resource; and
wherein the second interference level and the second priority level are associated with the second resource.