Abstract:
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at least one performance metric from each of a plurality of cells, the at least performance metric associated with a downlink transmission from the cell to one or more user equipment devices associated with the cell. The method further includes determining a fraction of resources for allocation within a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum based upon the received at least one performance metric, and determining a fraction of the resources for allocation within a reuse one portion of the frequency spectrum based upon the determined fraction of resources for allocation within the fractional frequency reuse portion of the frequency spectrum.
Abstract:
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at a central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; and generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint.