Methods of configuring cells in a network using neighborhoods and method of dynamically configuring cells in a network using neighborhoods

摘要

In a method of configuring a cell for operation in a wireless communication network, a determinable neighborhood of cells within the network is used for cell configuration. In the method, a neighborhood of cells is selected for the given cell to be configured. Data is acquired from cells of the selected neighborhood, and configuration settings for the given cell are determined based on the acquired data.

主权项

1. A method of configuring a cell for operation in a wireless communication system where user terminals communicate over an air interface with a network side of the system, the system having a determinable neighborhood of cells, comprising:
selecting, by an element on the network side of a given cell to be configured, a neighborhood of cells relative to the given cell, the selecting being based on,
measuring reverse link interference values at the given cell for mobiles owned by or in communication with another cell, the another cell being part of a same neighborhood as the given cell or not part of the same neighborhood as the given cell,comparing the reverse link interference values at the given cell to a threshold, the threshold being based on a multiple of a linear mean of interference power at the given cell, andselecting cells for which a corresponding reverse link interference value exceeds the threshold as cells of the neighborhood of the given cell; acquiring, by the element on the network side, data from the selected neighborhood; and determining, by the element on the network side, network side operating configuration settings for the given cell based on the acquired data, the network side operating configuration settings being network side parameters for operating the given cell.