Method and apparatus for transmitting interference cancellation information for inter-cell interference cancellation

1. A method for transmitting, by a base station of a cell, interference signal information for inter-cell interference cancellation, the method comprising:

calculating a strength of a generated signal based on an antenna gain and a transmission power of the signal;

generating probability information on a probability of cancelling interference when the signal acts as interference;

determining interference signal information indicating a characteristic of the signal acting as interference based on the antenna gain, the strength of the signal and the probability information; and

transmitting the interference signal information to an adjacent cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the probability information is information indicating whether it is easy to recover the signal based on a modulation and coding scheme level of the signal or rank information on the signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interference signal information is a signal of two bits, and one of the two bits is determined based on whether the strength of the signal is greater than a predetermined threshold so that the signal acts as strong interference.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the signal is determined to act as strong interference, the other bit is determined based on the probability information indicating whether it is easy to recover the signal.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the signal is determined not to act as strong interference, the other bit is determined based on whether the antenna gain is greater than a threshold value.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal located in the adjacent cell, the interference signal information through a base station of the adjacent cell.

7. A signal transmission device for transmitting interference signal information for inter-cell interference cancellation, the device comprising:

a signal transceiver; and

a processor connected to the signal transceiver,

wherein the processor: calculates a strength of a generated signal based on an antenna gain and a transmission power of the signal; generates probability information on a probability of cancelling interference when the signal acts as interference; determines interference signal information indicating a characteristic of the signal acting as interference based on the antenna gain, the strength of the signal and the probability information; and transmits the interference signal information to an adjacent cell.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the interference signal information is a signal of two bits, and the processor determines one of the two bits based on whether the strength of the signal is greater than a predetermined threshold so that the signal acts as strong interference.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein when the signal is determined to act as strong interference, the processor determines the other bit based on the probability information indicating whether it is easy to recover the signal.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein when the signal is determined not to act as strong interference, the processor determines the other bit based on whether the antenna gain is greater than a threshold value.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor further:

transmits, to a terminal located in the adjacent cell, the interference signal information through a base station of the adjacent cell.