Abstract: Wireless network performance may be improved by combined phase and power coordinated scheduling, usage-aware interference mitigation scheduling, estimating interference in a power scheduled network, coordinating transmission power levels using thresholds, and locally generated pseudorandom power schedules.

Abstract: A system for estimating interference on a cellular network includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon. The computer executable instructions perform the following method when executed by the processor: causing the processor to receive from a user equipment, first information indicating a strength of a signal received at the user equipment from an interfering base station; causing the processor to receive second information indicating an airlink utilization of the interfering base station; and causing the processor to process the first information and the second information according to an estimation function to produce an interference estimate.

Abstract: A system for estimating interference on a cellular network includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon. The computer executable instructions perform the following method when executed by the processor: causing the processor to receive from a user equipment, first information indicating a strength of a signal received at the user equipment from an interfering base station; causing the processor to receive second information indicating an airlink utilization of the interfering base station; and causing the processor to process the first information and the second information according to an estimation function to produce an interference estimate.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and a wireless system for scheduling half duplex frequency division duplex bursts includes populating a burst frame having an uplink sub-frame and a downlink sub-frame with one or more block pairs, each block pair including an uplink block and a down link block. Populating the burst frame includes identifying a largest unscheduled block pair, and appending one of the uplink block and the downlink block of the identified block pair to a shortest sub-frame string. Populating the burst frame also includes appending the other of the uplink block and the downlink block to a diagonally opposed sub-frame string. The method also includes determining if a conflict exists between the uplink block and the downlink block for each scheduled block pair.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and a wireless system for scheduling half duplex frequency division duplex bursts includes populating a burst frame having an uplink sub-frame and a downlink sub-frame with one or more block pairs, each block pair including an uplink block and a down link block. Populating the burst frame includes identifying a largest unscheduled block pair, and appending one of the uplink block and the downlink block of the identified block pair to a shortest sub-frame string. Populating the burst frame also includes appending the other of the uplink block and the downlink block to a diagonally opposed sub-frame string. The method also includes determining if a conflict exists between the uplink block and the downlink block for each scheduled block pair.

Abstract: A method provides seamless porting of a user telephone number from a first telephone service provider network to a second telephone service provider network. A network interface device is provided that is interconnected to the first telephone service provider network, a second telephone service provider network, and at least one user communications device. The network interface device may be remotely controlled using the second telephone service provider network to transfer the user telephone number from the first network to the second network.

Abstract: A method provides seamless porting of a user telephone number from a first telephone service provider network to a second telephone service provider network. A network interface device is provided that is interconnected to the first telephone service provider network, a second telephone service provider network, and at least one user communications device. The network interface device may be remotely controlled using the second telephone service provider network to transfer the user telephone number from the first network to the second network.