Patent ID: 11863474
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the allocating of at least a portion of the cells to the selected BBU hub comprises:
identifying any cells of the at least a portion of the cells that are preassigned to the selected BBU hub;
allocating the preassigned cells to the selected BBU hub on a higher priority basis;
if the selected BBU hub is not full, creating a list of candidate cells that can be connected the selected BBU, the list of candidate cells identifying candidate cells according to at least one of (i) a cost function based on each candidate cell's distance to the selected BBU hub; and (ii) a degree of overlapping between a candidate cell and one or more cells already assigned to the selected BBU hub;
allocating a candidate cell to the selected BBU hub responsive to a determination based on at least one of (i) the candidate cell's cost function relative to the selected BBU hub; and (ii) the degree of overlapping between the candidate cell and one or more cells already assigned to the selected BBU hub; and
repeating allocation of candidate cells to the selected BBU hub until the selected BBU hub is full.