Patent · US Active

Systems, apparatus and methods to facilitate physical cell identifier collision detection

US8401033B2 · kind B2 · utility

21Cited by
2References
64Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 2010
Grant dateMar 19, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W48/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating collision detection are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include: receiving identifying information during one or more time intervals from a plurality of base stations; determining whether at least two different values of the identifying information from the plurality of base stations have been transmitted during the same time interval; and determining that a collision has occurred between at least two of the plurality of base stations in response to determining that the at least two different values of the identifying information from the plurality of base stations have been transmitted during the same time interval.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.