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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Assen Mahaboob Khan Golaup, Newbury, GB;
Alexej Kulakov, Düsseldorf am Seestern, DE;
Timothy James Frost, Madrid, ES;
Assen Mahaboob Khan Golaup, Newbury, GB;
Alexej Kulakov, Düsseldorf am Seestern, DE;
Timothy James Frost, Madrid, ES;
Vodafone IP Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for operation of a cellular network comprising a first base station, a second base station and a mobile station being served by the first base station. Load information is received from the second base station at the mobile station, the load information indicating a load placed on the resources of the second base station and a load indication based on the received load information is communicated from the mobile station to the first base station. The first base station may be a macrocell base station and the second base station may be a non-planned or femtocell base station.