Method for controlling small cell and apparatus therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJisun YOON
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Abstract
A small cell control method includes: acquiring information on a plurality of cells; identifying at least one candidate of a small cell by determining whether one cell is overlaid on another cell based on the information on the plurality of cells; identifying at least one small cell to control transmitting power among the plurality cells; and controlling the identified at least one small cell.
Claims22
A small cell control method performed by a first server, the small cell control method comprising:
- acquiring information on a plurality of cells;
- identifying at least one candidate of a small cell by determining whether one cell is overlaid on an other cell, among the plurality of cells, based on the information on the plurality of cells;
- identifying at least one small cell to control a transmitting power among the plurality of cells based on the at least one candidate of the small cell;
- and
- controlling the at least one small cell,
- wherein the information on the plurality of cells comprises information based on a received signal strength of an uplink reference signal.
A first server that manages at least one macrocell and at least one small cell, the first server comprising:
- a transceiver configured to acquire information on a plurality of cells;
- and
- a controller configured to identify at least one candidate of a small cell by determining whether one cell is overlaid on an other cell, among the plurality of cells, based on the information on the plurality of cells, and to identify at least one small cell based on the at least one candidate of the small cell to control a transmitting power among the plurality of cells,
- wherein the information on the plurality of cells comprises information based on a received signal strength of an uplink reference signal.
A method of controlling a small cell in a macro base station controlling a small cell and a macrocell, the method comprising:
- acquiring first information on a plurality of cells;
- identifying at least one candidate of a small cell by determining whether one cell is overlaid on an other cell among the plurality of cells, based on the first information;
- identifying at least one small cell to control a transmitting power among the plurality of cells based on the at least one candidate of the small cell;
- and
- controlling the at least one small cell,
- wherein the first information comprises information based on a received signal strength of an uplink reference signal.
A non-transitory computer recording medium storing instructions thereon, which instructions, when executed by a processor of a server, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- acquiring information on a plurality of cells comprising a macrocell and a small cell, the information comprising at least a received signal strength of an uplink reference signal;
- determining whether the small cell is overlaid on the macrocell based on the received information;
- identifying the small cell to control a transmitting power based on the determining that the small cell is overlaid on the macrocell;
- and
- controlling the small cell to be ON or OFF.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.