Composite reporting of wireless relay power capability
US8798525B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W52/367
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A relay node (800) reports its output power capability to a donor base station or other network node separately for the relay node's backhaul and access links, which may have different maximum output power. A corresponding network node (900), such as a donor base station, an Operations & Maintenance node, an Operational Support Systems node, a Self-Organizing Network node, is configured to request the relay node (800) to report its backhaul link and access link output power class capabilities or maximum output powers or rated output powers to the network node (900), and then to receive the reported capabilities in response. The report may specify a per-antenna transmit power capability; this may be specifically requested in some cases. The received relay node power-class capability information for the backhaul and access links is then used for one or several network management functions, such as radio resources management or network planning and dimensioning.
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