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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Huiyu Tao, Oxford, GB;
Hai Zhou, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided of controlling transmission power of a picocell base station. The method comprises the steps of the picocell base station: transmitting a signal at a first power; receiving a report from a mobile terminal that the signal is received within a predetermined quality range; dependent upon receiving said report instructing the mobile terminal to report as to the number of neighboring macrocells detected by the mobile terminal; and controlling the transmission power of a further signal dependent upon said number.