Alcatel Lucent

Andreas Rueegg

Hardy Halbauer

Frank Schaich

The present invention relates to a system comprising a processing unit, a plurality of access nodes adapted to communicate with a plurality of mobile terminals and wireless backhaul links adapted to connect said access nodes and a wireless backhaul termination interfacing with a core network, According to the present invention:&#x2014;said processing unit determining dynamically out of said plurality of access nodes, access nodes to remain unused and, access nodes to be used for supporting communication of said mobile terminals, said determination taking into account at least one optimisation criterion consisting in reducing the interference between active access nodes and mobile terminals; said processing unit determining a mapping between said mobile terminals and said active access nodes,&#x2014;said wireless backhaul links consisting in point-to-multipoint connections between said wireless backhaul termination and said access nodes.

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Stuttgart, Germany

Andreas Rueegg