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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Yassin Aden Awad, Tokyo, JP;
Vivek Sharma, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Noma, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first base station for use in a communications network, the first base station having a first cell operating range, comprising: means for obtaining data relating to at least one characteristic of a signal transmitted by a second base station having a second cell operating range which is different from and overlaps with the first cell operating range of the first base station; means for determining a cell selection bias value for the first or second base station using the obtained data; and means for transmitting the determined cell selection bias value to a user device within the first cell operating range of the first base station.