Inter-node interference avoidance

1. A User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a first base station and a second base station over an unlicensed spectrum on a wireless network, comprising:

one or more processors to:

establish that Downlink (DL) transmissions from the second base station will interfere with one or more subframes of Uplink (UL) transmissions from the UE to the first base station, resulting in an interference condition; and

modulate a UL transmission power for the UL transmissions from the UE to the first base station based upon the interference condition, and

an interface for receiving the DL transmissions from the second base station through a receiving circuitry and for sending the UL transmissions to the first base station through a transmission circuitry.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

measure a first DL transmission from the first base station to determine a first measurement;

measure a second DL transmission from the second base station to determine a second measurement; and

provide a report including the first measurement and the second measurement to the first base station to establish that DL transmissions from the second base station interfere with the one or more subframes of the UL transmissions from the UE to the first base station.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

process a first DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying indicators of two or more sets of power control parameters.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first DL configuration transmission is one of: a Radio Resource Control (RRC) transmission, a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0A transmission, a DCI format 0B transmission, a DCI format 4A transmission, a DCI format 4B transmission, or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission.

5. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

process a second DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying an indicator of which set of power control parameters to use during the one or more UL subframes.

6. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

process a third DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying an indicator of which UL subframes of the one or more UL subframes are for use of a set of power control parameters.

7. Machine readable non-transitory storage media having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate a first base station and a second base station over an unlicensed spectrum on a wireless network to perform operations comprising:

establishing that Downlink (DL) transmissions from the second base station will interfere with one or more subframes of Uplink (UL) transmissions from the UE to the first base station, resulting in an interference condition; and

modulating a UL transmission power for the UL transmissions from the UE to the first base station based upon the interference condition.

8. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

measuring a first DL transmission from the first base station to determine a first measurement;

measuring a second DL transmission from the second base station to determine a second measurement; and

providing a report including the first measurement and the second measurement to the first base station to establish that DL transmissions from the second base station interfere with the one or more subframes of the UL transmissions from the UE to the first base station.

9. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

processing a first DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying indicators of two or more sets of power control parameters.

10. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 9 , wherein the first DL configuration transmission is one of: a Radio Resource Control (RRC) transmission, a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0A transmission, a DCI format 0B transmission, a DCI format 4A transmission, a DCI format 4B transmission, or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission.

11. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

processing a second DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying an indicator of which set of power control parameters to use during the one or more UL subframes.

12. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

processing a third DL configuration transmission from the first base station carrying an indicator of which UL subframes of the one or more UL subframes are for use of a set of power control parameters.

13. An apparatus of a base station operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) over an unlicensed spectrum on a wireless network, comprising:

one or more processors to:

establish that Downlink (DL) transmissions from the base station to the UE will interfere with one or more subframes of Uplink (UL) transmissions from the UE to another base station, resulting in an interference condition; and

modify a DL transmission power for the DL transmissions from the base station to the UE based upon the interference condition, and

an interface for sending the DL transmissions from the base station to the UE through a transmitting circuitry.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

calculate a receive power of a Clear to Send (CTS) transmission; and

estimate an interference level of the CTS transmission.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

determine whether the estimated interference level exceeds a reference interference level to establish that the DL transmissions from the base station interfere with the one or more subframes of the UL transmissions from the UE to another base station.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the reference interference level is one of: a predetermined interference level or an interference level configured by higher layers.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

modify the DL transmission power to have a reduced transmission power.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are to:

generate a Clear to Send to self (CTS-to-self) transmission carrying an indicator of transmission power reduction to modify the DL transmission power.

19. Machine readable non-transitory storage media having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a base station operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network to perform an operations comprising:

establishing that Downlink (DL) transmissions from the base station to the UE will interfere with one or more subframes of Uplink (UL) transmissions from the UE to another base station, resulting in an interference condition; and

modifying a DL transmission power for the DL transmissions from the base station to the UE based upon the interference condition.

20. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 19 , the operations further comprising:

calculating a receive power of a Clear to Send (CTS) transmission; and

estimating an interference level of the CTS transmission.

21. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 20 , the operations further comprising:

determining whether the estimated interference level exceeds a reference interference level to establish that the DL transmissions from the base station interfere with the one or more subframes of the UL transmissions from the UE to another base station.

22. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 21 , wherein the reference interference level is one of: a predetermined interference level or an interference level configured by higher layers.

23. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 21 , the operations further comprising:

modifying the DL transmission power to have a reduced transmission power.

24. The machine readable non-transitory storage media of claim 19 , the operations further comprising:

generating a Clear to Send to self (CTS-to-self) transmission carrying an indicator of transmission power reduction for modifying the DL transmission power.