Dynamic management of small cells for optimizing the energy consumption of a network
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsAntonio De Domenico, Emilio Calvanese Strinati
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for managing a network of a plurality of base stations of small cells, placed in a region of a macro-cell in which at least one terminal is found, each small cell base station being adapted for covering a small cell, the method being characterized in that a set A of at least one small cell covering said at least one terminal present in the region, is determined, and the smallest subset B of at least one small cell allowing coverage of said at least one terminal is selected from said set A, such that only said at least one small cell of the subset B will have to be active.
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A method for managing a network of a plurality of base stations of small cells (F1, F2, F3), placed in a region (R) of a macrocell (R-BTS) in which at least one terminal (T1, T2) is found, each small cell base station (F1, F2, F3) being adapted for covering a small cell (Z1, Z2, Z3), the method being characterized in that:
- determining a set A of at least one small cell (Z1,Z3) covering said at least one terminal (T1, T2) present in the region (R), the determination of said set A consisting of localizing each small cell and each terminal for obtaining all the possible connections between a terminal and a small cell of the region (R);
- selecting the smallest subset B of at least one small cell (Z3) allowing coverage of said at least one terminal (T1, T2) from said set A;
- activating said at least one small cell (Z3) of said selected set B.
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