Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving from network instructions of how to control multi-user multiple input multiple output connections maintained by one or more radio access nodes, the connections utilising one or more slices. One or more radio access nodes perform, based at least in part on the received network instructions, multi-user pairing of terminal devices of the same or different slices, and determine, based at least in part on the received network instructions, slice-based quota taking multi-user pairing and interference arising from paired allocations into account.

Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving from network instructions of how to control multi-user multiple input multiple output connections maintained by one or more radio access nodes, the connections utilising one or more slices. One or more radio access nodes perform, based at least in part on the received network instructions, multi-user pairing of terminal devices of the same or different slices, and determine, based at least in part on the received network instructions, slice-based quota taking multi-user pairing and interference arising from paired allocations into account.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method that determines at least one threshold for detecting signal interference in a first plurality of segments occurring in a first radio frequency spectrum of a first wireless communication system, detecting a pattern of recurrence over time of signal interference in a segment of the first plurality of resource blocks according to the at least one threshold, and performing one or more mitigation steps to mitigate the signal interference without filtering the signal interference where the one or more mitigation steps include at least one of transmitting signals out of phase from the signal interference, adjusting transmit power, increasing power in a resource block of a long term evolution communication session, performing beam steering, or changing time parameters for the resource block without changing to a new resource block. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method that determines at least one threshold for detecting signal interference in a first plurality of segments occurring in a first radio frequency spectrum of a first wireless communication system, detecting a pattern of recurrence over time of signal interference in a segment of the first plurality of resource blocks according to the at least one threshold, and performing one or more mitigation steps to mitigate the signal interference without filtering the signal interference where the one or more mitigation steps include at least one of transmitting signals out of phase from the signal interference, adjusting transmit power, increasing power in a resource block of a long term evolution communication session, performing beam steering, or changing time parameters for the resource block without changing to a new resource block. Other embodiments are disclosed.

There is provided a method of transmitting downlink control-related information to a terminal in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises allocating downlink resources in a first set of resources for sending the downlink control-related information; determining that a further downlink transmission will be transmitted using at least part of the allocated downlink resources thereby identifying a collision between the downlink control-related information transmission and the further downlink transmission; upon identifying a collision, allocating a second set of resources for sending the downlink control-related information; and transmitting the downlink control-related information using at least the second set of resources.

There is provided a method of transmitting downlink control-related information to a terminal in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises allocating downlink resources in a first set of resources for sending the downlink control-related information; determining that a further downlink transmission will be transmitted using at least part of the allocated downlink resources thereby identifying a collision between the downlink control-related information transmission and the further downlink transmission; upon identifying a collision, allocating a second set of resources for sending the downlink control-related information; and transmitting the downlink control-related information using at least the second set of resources.

There is provided mechanisms for classifying microwave link data of a microwave system comprises a point-to-point wireless microwave link. A method is performed by a controller entity. The method comprises obtaining, in time windows, microwave link data in terms of signal quality measurement values and received power values for the point-to-point wireless microwave link. The method comprises classifying per time window, the microwave link data per time window to operating conditions in a set of operating conditions by, from the signal quality measurement values and received power values per time window, estimating probability values for each of the operating conditions according to a mapping, as learned through training, between pieces of microwave link data and operating conditions.

There are provided a first wireless system, a second wireless system, an information collection terminal, and a wireless control apparatus. The first wireless system includes a fixed wireless access apparatus that performs communication with a movable wireless terminal. The second wireless system performs communication in a limited communication area using a frequency band that is the same as or overlaps a frequency band of the first wireless system. The information collection terminal is installed in the communication area of the second wireless system and collects information on the wireless communication of the first wireless system. The wireless control apparatus controls the communication of the first wireless system. The wireless control apparatus controls the communication of the first wireless system when approach of the wireless terminal to the communication area of the second wireless system is detected, based on information on the wireless communication collected by the information collection terminal. This can prevent the first wireless system from causing harmful interference with the second wireless system.

There are provided a first wireless system, a second wireless system, an information collection terminal, and a wireless control apparatus. The first wireless system includes a fixed wireless access apparatus that performs communication with a movable wireless terminal. The second wireless system performs communication in a limited communication area using a frequency band that is the same as or overlaps a frequency band of the first wireless system. The information collection terminal is installed in the communication area of the second wireless system and collects information on the wireless communication of the first wireless system. The wireless control apparatus controls the communication of the first wireless system. The wireless control apparatus controls the communication of the first wireless system when approach of the wireless terminal to the communication area of the second wireless system is detected, based on information on the wireless communication collected by the information collection terminal. This can prevent the first wireless system from causing harmful interference with the second wireless system.

This application provides an interference tracking method and an apparatus. A first terminal receives second information from a second network device on a first time-frequency resource, measures interference from the second network device based on the second information, and feeds back first interference information obtained through measurement to a first network device. Because the second information is sent by the second network device (that is, an interference source), the method enables the first terminal to measure interference in a timely manner based on an interference change of the interference source, accurately track an interference change caused by the second network device, and report more accurate interference information to the first network device.