# US 2013/0157643 A1 · Small cell base station managing system and method of managing small cell base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0157643 A1 - Document ID: US20130157643A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/683,496 - Filed: 2012-11-21 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Inventors: Hwan Souk YOO; Byung-Han RYU; Nam Hoon PARK - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157643A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed is a small cell base station managing method of a small cell base station managing system which manages a plurality of small cell base stations. The small cell base station managing method includes receiving a reconfiguration request; selecting a radio access technology (hereinafter, referred to as RAT) of a selected small cell base station according the reconfiguration request; and requesting the selected small cell base station to operate using the selected RAT. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A small cell base station managing method of a small cell base station managing system which manages a plurality of small cell base stations, comprising: receiving a reconfiguration request; selecting a radio access technology (hereinafter, referred to as RAT) of a selected small cell base station according the reconfiguration request; and requesting the selected small cell base station to operate using the selected RAT. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, wherein the selected small cell base station is a software defined radio (SDR) small cell base station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: judging whether a user terminal sending the reconfiguration request is an authorized user terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: sending a selection confirm message according to the reconfiguration request to a user terminal sending the reconfiguration request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: sending information about small cell base stations, having a reconfiguration function, from among the plurality of small cell base stations to a user terminal sending the reconfiguration request. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The small cell base station managing method of claim 5, wherein the selected small cell base station is selected from the small cell base stations having the reconfiguration function. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The small cell base station managing method of claim 5, wherein the information about the small cell base stations comprises information of small cell base stations based on location information of a global positioning system, history information about small cell base stations performing reconfiguration, information about predetermined small cell base stations, or information of small cell base stations based on subscription information of a user terminal sending the reconfiguration request. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: judging RAT of the selected base station, based on a bootstrap message input from the selected small cell base station, and wherein when RAT of the selected base station is different from the selected RAT, the requesting the selected small cell base station to operate using the selected RAT is performed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: sending a state report request to the selected small cell base station according to the reconfiguration request; and judging RAT of the selected base station based on a state report transferred from the selected small cell base station, and wherein when RAT of the selected base station is different from the selected RAT, the requesting the selected small cell base station to operate using the selected RAT is performed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The small cell base station managing method of claim 1, further comprising: reserving a schedule according to the reconfiguration request, and wherein the requesting the selected small cell base station to operate using the selected RAT is performed according to the reserved schedule. ### Claim 11 A small cell base station managing system comprising: a communication unit communicating with an external device; a small cell base station control database storing information about radio access technology (hereinafter, referred to as RAT) of small cell base stations; and a processing unit controlling the communication unit and the small cell base station control database, wherein when a reconfiguration request is received from the communication unit, the processing unit updates the small cell base station control database according to the reconfiguration request. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The small cell base station managing system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit updates information about RAT of a small cell base station selected from the small cell base station control database according to the reconfiguration request. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The small cell base station managing system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit controls the communication unit to send an RAT reconfiguration request to a selected small cell base station according to the reconfiguration request.