Abstract: A method of operating base station includes determining a first transmit power of a user equipment (UE), which includes determining a serving base station receive power, determining a path loss of the UE to the base station, determining a downlink signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR) at the UE, and forming the first UE transmit power. Forming the first UE transmit power comprises summing the serving base station receive power, the path loss of the UE to the base station and the downlink SNIR. The method further includes instructing the UE to transmit at the first UE transmit power.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a base station configured to operate with user devices includes scheduling transmission for the user devices. Scheduling transmission includes determining a first fading metric for at least one user device from the at least one user device to the base station, determining at a second fading metric for the at least one user device from the at least one user device to at least one other base station, and determining a priority metric for the at least one user device based on the first and second fading metrics. The priority metric is configured to assign a higher priority to a user device with a first fading metric indicating an up-fade and the second fading metric indicating a down-fade. The method further includes transmitting a transmission schedule to the at least one user device based the priority metric.