Method and apparatus for managing interference in wireless backhaul networks through power control with a one-power-zone constraint

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PATENT NO 9237529
APP PUB NO 20130260817A1
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13852765

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Methods and apparatus are provided for managing interference in a wireless backhaul network comprising a plurality of hubs, each hub serving a plurality of remote backhaul modules (RBM), using power control with a one-power-zone (OPZ) constraint. Each hub uses a transmit frame structure comprising a plurality of zones, each RBM is scheduled on a different zone, and the same power level is maintained across all zones within a transmit frame. Under the OPZ constraint, and for scheduling policies under which the number of zones assigned to each RBM is fixed, the power and scheduling sub-problems are decoupled. This enables power control independent of scheduling, using methods having lower computational complexity. Methods are disclosed comprising iterative function evaluation or Newton's method approaches based on a weighted sum-rate maximization across the network, which can be implemented in a distributed fashion. Some of the methods can be implemented asynchronously at each hub.

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BLINQ NETWORKS INC140 RENFREW DRIVE MARKHAM L3R 6B3

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chow, Jerry San Diego, CA 16 836
Dahrouj, Hayssam Toronto, CA 5 33
Selea, Radu Vaughan, CA 6 21
Tang, Taiwen Ottawa, CA 16 195
Yu, Wei Toronto, CA 292 1924

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