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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Guosen Yue, Edison, NJ (US);
Fu-Hsuan Chiu, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Methods relating to managing operations of small cells are provided. One method includes receiving, from a management system configured to manage one or more operations of a plurality of small cells, a plurality of fractional frequency reuse (FFR) patterns for a frequency range. Each FFR pattern is configured to define a plurality of cell groupings, each including one or more of the plurality small cells. Each of the plurality of cell groupings is configured to transmit downlink transmissions over a different one of a plurality of frequency bands within the frequency range. The method further includes selecting a first FFR pattern from among the plurality of FFR patterns received from the management system and transmitting downlink transmissions in accordance with the first FFR pattern.