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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Zhibi Wang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Ruth Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);
Mark Skeates, Bath, GB;
John Macnamara, Orland Park, IL (US);
Philip Sapiano, Corsham, GB;
Zhibi Wang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Ruth Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);
Mark Skeates, Bath, GB;
John MacNamara, Orland Park, IL (US);
Philip Sapiano, Corsham, GB;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulonge Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
In one embodiment, the method includes establishing, at a first base station, at least one interface with a second base station. The first and second base stations are associated with different network technologies, and at least one of the first and second base stations is a small cell base station. A small cell base station has a coverage area smaller than and at least partially overlapped by a coverage area of a macro base station. The method further includes one of (i) sending information from the first base station to the second base station over the interface, and (ii) receiving information at the first base station from the second base station over the interface.