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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ruth S. Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);
Phillip C. Sapiano, Corsham, GB;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0426 (2013.01); H04W 72/0413 (2013.01); H04W 72/082 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining almost-blank subframe (ABS) information in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) including a macro cell and one or more small cells underlaid with respect to the macro cell, the method including obtaining, at a first base station (BS) of a first one of the one or more small cells, almost-blank subframe (ABS) information of the macro cell based on at least one of transmissions of the macro cell and transmissions of a UE attached to the first small cell.