Abstract:
The exemplary embodiments provide at least a method for receiving from a serving access node information of communications of at least one other access node, the information comprising interference conditions of at least one distributed enhanced physical downlink control channel set used by the at least one other access node, and the communications comprising transmissions from two or more antenna ports of the at least one other access node, estimating different interference conditions with respect to communications from different antenna ports of the two or more antenna ports based on the information; and using an enhanced receiver based on the estimated at least two different interference conditions. Further, the exemplary embodiments provide at least determining by a serving access node information of interference conditions of at least one distributed enhanced physical downlink control channel set used by at least one other access node; and sending towards user equipment the information.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus can be configured to measure channel conditions of a first channel (310). The first channel can correspond to a first frequency. The method can also include predicting whether the channel conditions of a second channel are favorable for offloading communication occurring on the first channel to the second channel based on measurements performed on the first channel (320). The second channel can correspond to a second frequency. The second frequency can be higher than the first frequency. The method can also include determining a rate of occurrence for monitoring the second channel based on the results of the predicting (330).