Patent · US Active

LTE user presence detection for small cell placement

US9220022B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Buvaneswari RAMANAN · Scotch Plains, US
Lawrence M. Drabeck · New Providence, US
Tod Sizer, II · New Providence, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/045
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment includes a method for determining a target location for a metro cell base station by calculating, via at least one monitoring device, at least one of a number of user equipments within a range of the at least one monitoring device and a radio frequency (RF) level of at least one macro cell base station. The method further includes determining, via the at least one monitoring device, the target location for the metro cell base station based on at least one of the calculated number of user equipments within the range and the calculated RF level of the at least one macro cell base station.

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