System and method for allowing cooperation between a plurality of radio nodes in a telecommunication network

A network element of a mobile telecommunication network, the network element comprising:

• at least one radio head transceiver configured to generate and radiate radiofrequency signals to user equipment located within at least one served area, the at least one radio head transceiver being disposed on an edge of the at least one served area;
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• a coordinating circuit connected to at least two further network elements and configured to receive operating signals therefrom, and connected to the at least one radio head transceiver to provide processed signals thereto, based on the received operating signals;
• wherein the radiofrequency signals are generated by the at least one radio head transceiver based on the processed signals, and
• the at least two further network elements jointly reduce interference from the at least one radio head transceiver by implementing cooperative carrier aggregation through exchanging scheduling information relating to respective remote units of a first cluster and a second cluster, thereby managing radiofrequency signal radiation from the at least one radio head transceiver.

A method of managing network elements of a telecommunication network, the network elements being divided into at least two clusters each cluster including as network elements:

• a plurality of remote units, each remote unit including circuitry configured to exchange radiofrequency signals with user equipment located within at least one respective served area, and a central unit including circuitry configured to manage the exchanging radiofrequency signals between each remote unit and the user equipment located within the respective served area thereof, the method comprising:
• receiving, at an at least one remote unit, operating signals from a first central unit of a first cluster and from a second central unit of a second cluster, the at least one remote unit being disposed on a boundary between the first and second clusters;
• processing, at the at least one remote unit, the operating signals from the first central unit and from the second central unit for providing at least one corresponding radio frequency signal;
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• radiating, at the at least one remote unit, the at least one corresponding radiofrequency signals over the at least one respective served area,
• wherein the first central unit and the second central unit both reduce interference generated by the at least one remote unit by implementing cooperative carrier aggregation through exchanging scheduling information relating to respective remote units of the first cluster and the second cluster, thereby managing the radiating of the at least one corresponding radiofrequency signals by the at least one remote unit.