Method, Micro Base Station, and Communications System for Creating Microcell

Abstract

A method, a micro base station, and a communications system for creating a microcell are disclosed in the present application. The method includes: configuring, by a micro base station, beam width and beam directions of high-gain directional antennas according to location information about hotspot areas in at least two macrocells; and using, by the micro base station, at least two beams formed by the high-gain directional antennas to form microcell coverage over the hotspot areas in the at least two macrocells. In the embodiments of the present application, the location of the micro base station may be kept unchanged when locations of hotspot areas in a plurality of macrocells change, and by adjusting the beam width and beam directions of high-gain directional antennas, the micro base station can provide microcell coverage over the changed hotspot areas, thereby making the networking flexible and reducing the network maintenance cost.

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