Interference Mitigation in Strong Imbalance Zone

1 . Apparatus, comprising

monitoring means adapted to monitor an interference from at least one terminal de-vice not served by the apparatus;

checking means adapted to check if the interference exceeds a threshold;

informing means adapted to inform, if the interference exceeds the threshold, a serving receiving device considered to serve the at least one terminal device that the interference exceeds the threshold.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the informing means is adapted to inform plural receiving devices including the serving receiving device by broadcasting or multicasting that the interference exceeds the threshold.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

receiver identifying means adapted to identify the serving receiving device serving the at least one terminal device.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising

terminal identifying means adapted to identify an identified terminal device of the at least one terminal device causing the interference; wherein

the receiver identifying means is adapted to identify the serving receiving device serving the identified terminal device.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the informing means is further adapted to inform the serving receiving device about at least one of a target interference and an upper limit of the interference, wherein the at least one of the target interference and the upper limit of the interference is related to the threshold.

6 . Apparatus, comprising

monitoring means adapted to monitor an interference from at least one terminal device not served by the apparatus;

checking means adapted to check if the interference exceeds a threshold;

informing means adapted to inform, if the interference exceeds the threshold, a control device controlling the apparatus that the interference exceeds the threshold.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising

receiver identifying means adapted to identify a serving receiving device serving the at least one terminal device; wherein

the informing means is further adapted to inform the control device of the serving receiving device.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising

terminal identifying means adapted to identify an identified terminal device of the at least one terminal device causing the interference; wherein

the informing means is further adapted to inform the control device on the identified terminal device.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the informing means is further adapted to inform the control device about at least one of a target interference and an upper limit of the interference, wherein the at least one of the target interference and the upper limit of the interference is related to the threshold.

10 . Apparatus, comprising

monitoring means adapted to monitor if an information is received that an interference at a receiving device not serving a terminal device exceeds a threshold;

altering means adapted to alter an uplink grant of the terminal device based on the received information, wherein the uplink grant is related to an uplink from the terminal device to the apparatus.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the monitoring means is further adapted to monitor if the information comprises an identification of an identified terminal device; wherein the apparatus further comprises

checking means adapted to check if the identified terminal device is the terminal device;

preventing means adapted to prevent the altering means from altering the uplink grant if the identified terminal device is different from the terminal device.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the altering means is adapted to alter the uplink grant by modifying a priority of an uplink medium access control flow.

13 . (canceled)

14 . Apparatus, comprising

monitoring means adapted to monitor if an information is received that an interference at a victim receiving device controlled by the apparatus exceeds a threshold, wherein the interference is caused by a terminal device served by a serving receiving device different from the victim receiving device;

instructing means adapted to instruct the serving receiving device to alter an uplink grant of a terminal device served by the serving receiving device based on the received information.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the instructing means is adapted to instruct plural receiving devices each being different from the victim receiving device, wherein the plural receiving devices include the serving receiving device.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the monitoring means is adapted to monitor if the information comprises an identification of an identified terminal device; wherein

the instructing means is adapted to provide the identification to the serving receiving device.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising

receiver device identifying means adapted to identify the serving receiving device serving the identified terminal device.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the monitoring means is adapted to monitor if the information comprises an identification of the serving receiving device.

19 . (canceled)

20 . (canceled)

21 . (canceled)

22 . Method, comprising

monitoring an interference from at least one terminal device not served by an apparatus performing the method;

checking if the interference exceeds a threshold;

informing, if the interference exceeds the threshold, a serving receiving device Considered to serve the at least one terminal device that the interference exceeds the threshold.

23 . (canceled)

24 . (canceled)

25 . (canceled)

26 . A computer program product comprising a set of instructions which, when executed on an apparatus, is configured to cause the apparatus to carry out the method according to claim 22 .

27 . The computer program product according to claim 26 , embodied as a computer-readable medium or directly loadable into a computer.