US 9,521,555 B2Granted

System and method for configuring a communications network

AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

InventorsAmine Maaref, Ying Qian

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Abstract

A method for partitioning a communications network includes selecting, by a controller, a starting communications controller for a first region in the communications network according to an interference level. The method also includes including, by the controller, a first neighboring communications controller in the first region if an average inter-cell interference level of the starting communications controller and the first neighboring communications controller exceeds a first threshold and closing the first region if the average inter-cell interference level of the starting communications controller and the first neighboring communications controller fails to exceed the first threshold. The method further includes storing information about the first region in a memory.

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Dependent claims

A method for setting an operating mode of a region, the method comprising:

identifying, by a network device, an interference classification of the region;
setting, by the network device, the operating mode of the region according to the interference classification of the region, an inter-cell interference metric of the region, and an inter-region interference metric of the region, wherein the inter-region interference metric of the region includes an average inter-region interference level;
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providing, by the network device, the operating mode of the region to a device in the region, wherein setting the operating mode comprises:
setting the operating mode of the region to one of a non-interference coordinating operating mode and a power control operating mode according to the inter-cell interference metric of the region when the region is classified as noise limited region;
and setting the operating mode of the region to one of the non-interference coordinating operating mode and an interference coordinating operating mode according to the inter-region interference metric of the region when the region is classified as an interference limited region.

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Application: 14/615,708Filed 6 Feb 2015 · division
Priority: 23 May 2012
Published: US 2015/0156634 A14 Jun 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

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H04W 16/10
Resource partitioning among network components, e.g. reuse partitioning: dynamic resource partitioning
H04W 24/02
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: arrangements for optimising operational condition
H04W 88/10
Access point devices: adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
H04W
Wireless communication networks

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Application13/479,186Parent of this division · filed 23 May 2012
US 2015/0156634 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jun 2015
US 8,971,818 B2Parent of this division
US 2013/0316710 A1Published application
US 9,521,555 B2This patent

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