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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Joydeep Acharya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Long Gao, Santa Clara, CA;
Sudhanshu Gaur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communications system includes a macro base station, a plurality of UEs (user equipment), a plurality of small cells, and a network through which the macro base station, the UEs, and the small cells communicate with each other, the small cells within a macro coverage area of the macro base station. The macro base station comprises a processor, a memory, and a small cell on/off module which is operable, for each small cell of the plurality of small cells, to: determine an interference metric for the small cell; if the determined interference metric meets a preset condition for the small cell, then determine a loss in signal strength to the UEs associated with the small cell caused by switching off the small cell; and judge whether to switch off the small cell based on at least one of the determined interference metric or the determined loss in signal strength.