Patent ID: 9497654
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of communication, comprising: receiving, at one or more antennas of a serving small cell, one or more technology layer measurements during a measurement period; determining, at a processor of the serving small cell, that a first subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies an adequate user equipment (UE) communication condition; determining, at the processor, that a second subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies at least one measurement threshold value; identifying, at the processor, a network entity conflict in which the serving small cell and a neighboring small cell transmit a same transmission-related parameter, the network entity conflict being identified when the first subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies the adequate UE communication condition and the second subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies the at least one measurement threshold value; and transmitting an indication to one or more small cells other than the serving small cell to begin a transmission-related parameter resolution procedure in response to identifying the network entity conflict, wherein the one or more small cells include the neighboring small cell.