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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Zhijun Cai, Herndon, VA (US);
Yi Song, Plano, TX (US);
Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Nepean, CA;
David Nigel Freeman, Basingstoke, GB;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/082 (2013.01); H04W 72/0433 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller receives information relating to at least one of multiple small cells. Responsive to the received information, the controller coordinates allocation of resources for use by the small cells in communicating data with respective user equipments (UEs), where the coordinating of the allocation of resources reduces interference among the small cells.