COMBINED CENTRAL AND DISTRIBUTED MULTILEVEL INTERFERENCE HANDLING FOR AN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

This invention relates to an interference handling method and system for an optical wireless communication system, wherein multiple levels and operating modes are provided to flexibly handle partitioning of a coordination functionality between a central entity and distributed entities. Thereby, the coordination functionality which relies on interference reports from devices in overlapping coverage areas of access points can be central or distributed over access points or partly central and partly distributed.