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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Dai Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A base station serves as a second base station in a communication system including a first base station corresponding to a first cell and the second base station corresponding to a second cell smaller than a first area of the first cell. At least part of the second cell overlaps the first area. The base station includes: a calculation unit that, based on a first channel estimation value between a first terminal connected to the first base station through the first cell and the second base station as well as a second channel estimation value between a second terminal connected to the second base station through the second cell and the second base station, calculates an indicator based on a phase relationship between the first channel estimation value and the second channel estimation value; and a scheduler that determines whether to include a first candidate in a second candidate.