CONFIGURING UNSCHEDULED PERIODS TO ENABLE INTERFERENCE REDUCTION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS.

摘要

A mobile station in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The mobile station includes a transceiver coupled to a processor configured to rank a plurality of detected cells according to a signal level metric of the plurality of cells, to determine a first pattern of time periods during which a highest ranked cell is configured to transmit only a restricted set of information, and to perform measurements of cells other than the highest ranked cell, of the plurality of cells, only during the first pattern of time periods.