Predicting small cell capacity and coverage to facilitate offloading of macrocell capacity
US11368890B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Predicting small cell capacity and coverage to facilitate offloading of macrocell capacity is presented herein. A system selects a group of candidate locations for placement of respective small cells to facilitate offloading, via the respective small cells, of traffic from respective macrocells corresponding to the candidate locations—the respective small cells including first transmission powers that are less than second transmission powers of the respective macrocells. Further, for each candidate location of the group of candidate locations, the system determines an estimated amount of traffic capacity of a small cell of the respective small cells that has been presumed to have been placed at the candidate location, and determines estimated signal strengths of respective signals that have been predicted to have been received from the small cell at respective portions of a grid of a defined signal coverage area corresponding to the candidate location.
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