Method and apparatus of spectrum utilization in a wireless cellular environment
US9467864B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of spectrum utilization in a wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks and a related apparatus. The method includes: determining a RSRP threshold; detecting, by a small-cell base station, RSRPs of at least one large-cell base station; and comparing the highest one of the detected RSRPs with the determined RSRP threshold, adopting a separate spectrum mode if the highest one of the detected RSRPs exceeds the determined RSRP threshold, and otherwise, adopting a shared spectrum mode. According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, a separate spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively close to the large-cell base station to decrease interferences between the small-cell base station and large-cell base station and to increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks, however, a shared spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively far from to the large-cell base station to realize sharing spectrum and increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment wi…
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