IP Library Granted Patent US 8,892,045
Granted Patent B2
US 8,892,045 · App. 12/547,535 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Signal transmission method and system for transmitting signal by using interference control method and/or transmission power control method

Inventors: Tae Soo Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyung Hun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Young-Doo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/02H04L2025/03802H04W52/143H04L25/0228H04L5/0037H04J11/0026H04L5/0057H04W52/247H04L25/03343H04L5/0053H04W52/243H04L5/006
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Patent No.
US 8,892,045
App. No.
12/547,535
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a signal transmission method and a network apparatus to control interference in a radio communication network. A terminal may transmit to the network apparatus, signal quality information associated with a radio channel formed between the terminal and a corresponding base station. The corresponding base station may output a signal received by the plurality of terminals, based on the signal quality information.

Claims (15)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a main signal transmitted from a corresponding base station, and receive interference signals transmitted from interference base stations, the interference signals being processed based on an interference control scheme; and

a signal quality information generation unit configured to generate signal quality information to be transmitted to the corresponding base station and the interference base station,

the signal quality information enabling the interference base stations to control phases of the transmitted interference signals to have a same phase when received by the receiver.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the interference control scheme is one of an interference alignment scheme, an interference neutralization scheme, an interference cancellation scheme, and an interference treated as noise scheme.

3. A method of receiving a radio signal, the method comprising:

receiving a main signal transmitted from a corresponding base station and interference signals transmitted from interference base stations, the main signal and the interference signals being processed based on an interference control scheme; and

generating signal quality information to be transmitted to the corresponding base station and the interference base stations,

the signal quality information enabling the interference base stations to control phases of the transmitted interference signals to have a same phase when received.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the interference control scheme is one of an interference alignment scheme, an interference neutralization scheme, an interference cancellation scheme, and an interference treated as noise scheme.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to receiving a radio signal, the program comprising instructions that when executed cause a computer to:

receive a main signal transmitted from a corresponding base station and interference signals transmitted from interference base stations, the interference signals being processed based on an interference control scheme; and

generate signal quality information to be transmitted to the corresponding base station and the interference base stations,

the signal quality information enabling the interference base stations to control phases of the transmitted interference signals to have a same phase when received.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein each of the interference base station determines whether the signal quality information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and controls the phases of the interference signals to have the same phase when received by the receiver in response to the signals quality information being determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the signal quality information being selected from a group consisting of a signal-to-noise power ratio of a radio channel formed between a corresponding base station and the terminal, an interference-to-noise power ratio of the radio channel, a gain of the radio channel, a gain of an interference channel formed between the corresponding base station and the terminal, and a noise power of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2009
From: KWON, TAE SOO; JANG, KYUNG HUN; KIM, YOUNG-DOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023147/0850 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0017904 · Mar 3, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100227637A1 · Sep 9, 2010