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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2008
Luis Lopes, Swindon, GB;
Luis Lopes, Swindon, GB;
Motorola Mobility, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A base station () for a cellular communication system comprises a user equipment store () which provides a user equipment subset which identifies at least one user equipment () associated with the base station. An access processor () restricts access to the base station () to the user equipments () that belong to the user equipment subset. A path loss processor () determines a path loss estimate indication from at least one neighboring base station () to a cell supported by the base station (). A parameter controller sets an operating parameter for the cell () in response to the path loss estimate indication. The invention may allow facilitated or improved introduction and/or configuration of restricted base stations supporting only specific user equipments. In many scenarios, a restricted base station may be configured depending on a path loss estimate such that improved performance may be achieved without any frequency planning for the base station.