Apparatus, method, computer program for communication and system thereof

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

receive a beacon signal from at least one transmitter;

measure total received interference power;

determine strength of the received at least one beacon signal;

determine at least one offset value by using the information the at least one beacon signal comprises;

generate the estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined at least one offset value;

generate estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined strength of the received at least one beacon signal, wherein the estimates of received interference power values correspond to interference received at the apparatus;

combine the transmitter-wise estimated received interference power values for obtaining an estimated total received interference power; and

subtract the estimated total received interference power from the measured total received interference power for obtaining a residual interference power, the residual interference power originating from uncooperative devices.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the beacon signal comprises information relating to at least one of: transmission power and the at least one transmitter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the offset is determined between a power of the transmitted beacon signal and an averaged transmission power of reserved resources of the at least one transmitter.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the residual interference power is determined for each of a plurality of resource units.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determine an indication which of the plurality of resource units are being used using the information the at least one beacon signal comprises;

wherein the residual interference power is further determined for each of the plurality of resource units by using said indication.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

recognize interference originating from uncooperative devices by comparing the residual interference with a predetermined threshold, and if the residual interference exceeds the threshold, information on interference situation is conveyed to a serving access point.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

recognize interference originating from uncooperative devices by comparing the residual interference in a resource unit with a predetermined threshold; and

if the residual interference in a resource unit exceeds the threshold, marking the resource unit as suffering from uncooperative interference information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

refrain from using resource units based on their marking as suffering from uncooperative interference information.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

initiate a negotiation for interference moderation with at least one transmitter in response to said at least one transmitter having the worst transmitter-wise estimate of received interference power value.

10. A method comprising:

receiving at a receiver a beacon signal from at least one transmitter;

measuring total received interference power;

determining strength of the received at least one beacon signal;

determining at least one offset value by using the information the at least one beacon signal comprises;

generating the estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined at least one offset value;

generating estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined strength of the received at least one beacon signal, wherein the estimates of received interference power values correspond to interference received at the receiver;

combining the transmitter-wise estimated received interference power values for obtaining an estimated total received interference power; and

subtracting the estimated total received interference power from the measured total received interference power for obtaining a residual interference power, the residual interference power originating from uncooperative devices.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the beacon signal comprises information relating to at least one of: transmission power and the at least one transmitter.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining the offset value between a transmission power of the beacon signal and an averaged transmission power of reserved resources of the at least one transmitter.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining the residual interference power interference power for each of a plurality of resource units.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

recognizing interference originating from uncooperative devices by comparing the residual interference with a predetermined threshold.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

marking a resource unit as suffering from uncooperative interference information if the residual interference in a resource unit exceeds the threshold;

refraining from using resource units based on their marking as suffering from uncooperative interference information.

16. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, configured to control a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a beacon signal from at least one transmitter;

measuring total received interference power;

determining strength of the received at least one beacon signal;

determining at least one offset value by using the information the at least one beacon signal comprises;

generating the estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined at least one offset value;

generating estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined strength of the received at least one beacon signal, wherein the estimates of received interference power values correspond to interference received at the processor;

combining the transmitter-wise estimated received interference power values for obtaining an estimated total received interference power; and

subtracting the estimated total received interference power from the measured total received interference power for obtaining a residual interference power, the residual interference power originating from uncooperative devices.

17. The computer program of claim 16 , further comprising:

marking a resource unit as suffering from uncooperative interference information if the residual interference in a resource unit exceeds a predetermined threshold.