A METHOD FOR IMPROVING OPERATIONS OF MOBILE DEVICES IN AN IMBALANCED REGION OF A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK

摘要

There is provided a method of operating a node in a mobile communication network, the network comprising a mobile device, a first base station and a second base station, the first base station having a lower transmission power than the second base station and being within the coverage area of the second base station, the method in the node comprising determining (101; 111) whether the mobile device is in an imbalanced region or a part of an imbalanced region between the first base station and the second base station; and determining (103; 113-121) whether to switch the mobile device between a first connection state and a second connection state based on whether the mobile device is located in the imbalanced region or the part of the imbalanced region.