lows, we show results for the full buffer-peak rate limited and for the nonfull buffer-non-peak rate limited scenarios. Although the actual ICIC algorithm is not standardized, 3GPP R1-074444 [42] analyzes the performance of some alternative ICIC methods. Because of its relevance to the current 3GPP status, we discuss some of the results of this latter contribution. In one of the proposed approaches for UL ICIC in LTE, (Figure 4.12) each cell is assigned a color that corresponds to a specific offset value (n1, N2, n3) in the fre- quency domain. The offset value is an important parameter to the examined ICIC algorithms as described in the following. The assignment of the colors to the cells can be done via the operation and maintenance subsystem or dynamically between eNode Bs utilizing the X2 interface. To realize the potential gain from avoiding resource block collisions, there is a need to distinguish UEs residing in the interior and exterior parts of the cell, basi- cally similarly to proposed reuse partitioning techniques. This is because, typically, only collisions between cell edge (exterior) UEs cause noticeable SINR degrada- tion. In the following we discuss simulation results that were obtained assuming a quasi-static preconfiguration of parameters using the following ICIC schemes: First, the scheduler determines for each subframe which UEs will get scheduled and how many resource blocks they will get, based on the fairness and QoS criteria. Then, depending on the ICIC scheme, it will be selected which particular resource blocks in the frequency domain will be assigned to the UE: No ICIC (reference case). The eNode B scheduler does not employ restric- tions on the schedulable resource blocks. That is, the scheduler in each cell works independently of the used resource blocks in the neighboring cells. Start-stop index (SSI). In this scheme, there is a start index (n.,offset)) and a stop index n.(offset) + N;) associated with the set of available resource blocks. The scheduler uses the resource blocks betwe