Communication system for setting an uplink target received power for a home base station
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsYassin Aden AWAD, Chadi KHIRALLAH, Robert ARNOTT, Motoki MORITA
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Abstract
A communication system is disclosed in which a home base station operates a home cell and a macro base station operates a macro cell. The home base operates a cell located at least partially within the macro cell. The home base station can obtain information identifying a quantity of home base stations that each operate at least one respective cell that is located at least partially within the macro cell and from this information, and further information identifying resource usage via said home base station, can set a target power for said home base station.
Claims23
A home base station for a communication system in which a macro base station operates a macro cell, the home base station comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one storage, with a memory space, storing executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- operate a cell located at least partially within the macro cell;
- obtain information identifying a quantity of home base stations that each operate at least one respective cell that is located at least partially within the macro cell;
- determine resource usage via said home base station;
- set a target power for said home base station based on said information identifying a quantity of home base stations and said determined resource usage;
- and
- communicate said target power set for said home base station to at least one user communication device.
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A base station for a communication system, the base station comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one storage, with a memory space, storing executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- operate a cell in which at least one cell operated by at least one home base station is located at least partially within a macro cell;
- and
- provide, to said at least one home base station, information identifying a quantity of home base stations that each operate at least one respective cell that is located at least partially within the macro cell to facilitate setting of a target power by said at least one home base station based on said information identifying a quantity of home base stations and a resource usage via said at least one home base station.
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A method performed by a home base station in a communication system in which a macro base station operates a macro cell, the method comprising:
- operating a cell located at least partially within the macro cell;
- obtaining information identifying a quantity of home base stations that each operate at least one respective cell that is located at least partially within the macro cell;
- determining resource usage via said home base station;
- setting a target power for said home base station based on said information identifying a quantity of home base stations and said determined resource usage;
- and
- communicating said target power set for said home base station to at least one user communication device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.