Method for deploying a cellular communication network

摘要

A method for deploying a cellular communication network may comprise reconfiguring the cellular communication network from an initial state to a reconfigured state, with the cellular communication network comprising in the initial state a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising at least a base station and one or more antennas arranged to cover the cell. The reconfiguring may comprise selecting non-adjacent cells for use as central cell(s), and for each central cell, one or more antennas in base stations of cells that are adjacent the central cell may then be arranged to be directed towards the central cell, thereby defining a super-cell comprising the central cell and at least part of the adjacent cells. Use of the antennas of the super-cell may be coordinated as to communications with mobile devices located within the super-cell, wherein the signals from the antennas of the super-cell may use the same channel resources.

主权项

1. A method for deploying a communication network, the method comprising:
reconfiguring a communication network from an initial state to a reconfigured state, wherein the communication network comprises in the initial state a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising at least a base station and one or more antennas that are arranged to cover the cell, the reconfiguring comprising:
selecting from the plurality of cells, one or more non-adjacent cells to be used as one or more central cells in the reconfigured state; andfor each central cell:
configuring a super-cell comprising the central cell and at least a part of one or more cells adjacent to the central cell, wherein:
the configuring comprises arranging in base stations of the one or more adjacent cells, one or more antennas to be directed towards the central cell,the base stations of the one or more adjacent cells define an outline of the super-cell, andantennas of the super-cell comprise the antennas of the one or more adjacent cells that are directed towards the central cell; andcoordinating use of the antennas of the super-cell so as to communicate with one or more communication devices located within the super-cell, wherein signals from the antennas of the super-cell use at least a same channel resource.