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US 2013/0260712 A1Published application
Method, apparatus and computer readable medium for associating user equipment with a cell
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsSupratim Deb, Pantelis Monogioudis
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Abstract
The method includes determining one or more almost blank subframes (ABS) associated with a macro cell and associating a user equipment with one of the macro cell and a small cell using at least one of the one or more ABS based on one or more market prices associated with the small cell and the macro cell such that the determining and associating occurs jointly.
Claims17
A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- associating a user equipment with one of a macro cell and a small cell using one or more almost blank subframes (ABS) offered by the macro cell, one or more market prices related to associating with the macro cell and the small cell, and a utility that accounts for user equipment throughput based on potential associations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.