ACCESS POINT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A PATH LOSS VALUE THEREFOR

摘要

A method and an access point for estimating a path loss value for a femto cell. The method comprises, at the femto access point of the femto cell, receiving (340) at least one indication of signal strength for at least one neighbour cell from at least one wireless communication unit, analysing (350) the received at least one indication of signal strength for the at least one neighbour cell to determine (360) at least one location characteristic, and estimating (370) a path loss value for the femto cell based at least partly on the determined at least one location characteristic.