Apparatus including an acquirer to acquire a parameter for a user relating to interference cancellation and a controller to perform measurement reporting of a cell in accordance with the parameter

1. A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

acquire a timer value for a user relating to interference cancellation, the timer value being set for a timer to be used for measurement reporting; and

perform measurement reporting with respect to a serving cell in accordance with the timer value, wherein

the timer value is greater when the serving cell is a small cell than when the serving cell is a macrocell, and

the timer value is a value corresponding to a type of the cell, wherein

the timer value corresponds to an offset for the user relating to interference cancellation, the offset being included in a condition for an event that triggers measurement reporting, and

the processing circuitry performs the measurement reporting with respect to the cell in accordance with the offset.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the timer value corresponds to a capability of interference cancellation of the user.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein

the timer value is greater when the user has the capability of interference cancellation, and

the timer value is smaller when the user does not have the capability of interference cancellation.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the offset is a value added to a measurement result under the condition.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the measurement result is reception power of a reference signal or reception quality of a reference signal.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the timer starts when a condition for an event that triggers measurement reporting is satisfied, and

the processing circuitry performs the measurement reporting with respect to the cell after the timer expires.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the timer is reset when the condition is not satisfied.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the timer value corresponds to a correction value for the user relating to interference cancellation, the correction value being to be used in measurement of communication quality,

the processing circuitry performs the measurement with respect to the cell in accordance with the correction value, and

the measurement with respect to the cell is measurement of communication quality of the cell.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the communication quality is a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), or reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the correction value is used for subtracting an interference component from communication quality in accordance with a capability of interference cancellation of the user.

11. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the correction value is computed from a measurement result with respect to one or more other cells selected in accordance with a capability of interference cancellation of the user.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more other cells are a number of other cells corresponding to the capability.

13. A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

acquire a timer value for a user relating to interference cancellation, the timer value being set for a timer to be used for measurement reporting; and

notify the user of the timer value, wherein

the user performs measurement reporting with respect to a serving cell in accordance with the timer value,

the timer value is greater when the serving cell is a small cell than when the serving cell is a macrocell, and

the timer value is a value corresponding to a type of the cell, wherein

the timer value corresponds to an offset for the user relating to interference cancellation, the offset being included in a condition for an event that triggers measurement reporting, and

the processing circuitry determines whether to perform inter-cell interference coordination for the user on the basis of the offset.

14. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the offset includes an offset for the serving cell of the user and an offset for a neighboring cell.

15. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry determines whether to perform the inter-cell interference coordination for the user further on the basis of a capability of interference cancellation of the user.

16. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry determines whether to perform the inter-cell interference coordination for the user further on the basis of a measurement result reported by the user.

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the measurement result includes a measurement result with respect to the serving cell of the user and a measurement result with respect to a neighboring cell.