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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Petteri Hakalin, Oulu, FI;
Jari Hulkkonen, Oulu, FI;
Nokia Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for dividing traffic between cells and a cellular radio system comprising at least a base station ( ) of a particular cell ( ), at least one subscriber terminal ( ) communicating with the base station ( ), and cells ( ) surrounding the particular cell ( ), and subscriber terminals ( ) communicating therewith, the cellular radio system being arranged to measure the amount of traffic and interference in the system, and to calculate a weighting value for each cell based on the network measurements. In the method of the invention the base station ( ) of the particular cell is arranged to adjust the size of its coverage area on the basis of the weighting value of the cell ( ).