PHYSICAL CELL ID ALLOCATION

摘要

A method and device are provided for allocating a Physical Cell ID, PCI, to a cell, the 5 cell being one of a plurality of cells (e.g. femtocells) within a coverage area of a larger cell's (e.g. macrocell) base station, comprising defining a plurality of bands for the larger cell based on signal strength data from the plurality of cells within the coverage area, wherein each band has a predetermined signal strength range, and allocating a PCI to a cell based on a strength of signal from the larger cell's base station and its 10 corresponding band of the plurality of bands.

主权项

1. A method of allocating a Physical Cell ID, PCI, to a cell, wherein the cell is one of a plurality of cells disposed within a coverage area of a second cell's base station, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving signal strength data for a plurality of cells, wherein the signal strength data relates to the strength of a signal from a second cell's base station at each cell of the plurality of cells; defining a plurality of bands in a coverage area of the second cell's base station based on the received signal strength data, wherein each band has a predetermined signal strength range; and allocating a PCI to a cell of the plurality of cells based on the strength of the signal from the second cell's base station at the cell and its corresponding band of the plurality of bands.