| 摘要 |
Aspects and embodiments provide a method of allocating cell identifiers to a plurality of cells operating in a wireless communications network; a computer program product and a network control node operable to perform that method. The method of allocating cell identifiers to a plurality of cells operating in a wireless communications network in which the plurality of cells are arranged to comprise at least one region of overlapping radio coverage, comprises: selecting an identifier interpretation scheme to be implemented by a control node within said wireless telecommunication network, the identifier interpretation scheme comprising a scheme according to which said control node is operable to distinguish between at least two distinct portions of a cell identifier; allocating an identifier to at least two cells within the wireless telecommunication network and instructing each of the at least two of the plurality of cells to transmit a portion of the identifier in accordance with the selected identifier interpretation scheme to be implemented by the control node. Methods described may substantially simplify performance of cell identification techniques by increasing the number of implicit identifiers available for cell identification whilst keeping low the number of associated measurements. |
