Patent ID: 9271227
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing user equipment (UE) connection under a mixed mode, for use in a femtocell, the method comprising: receiving a connection request from a low priority UE under the mixed mode wherein the femtocell adopts signal quality as a criterion for determining whether to allow the connection request of the low priority UE; determining, in response to the connection request, whether measurement results corresponding to the femtocell satisfy threshold settings, wherein the measurement results include a path loss corresponding to the femtocell, the criterion of the signal quality also includes the path loss; and allowing the low priority UE to be connected to the femtocell and controlling an upper limit of transmission power for the femtocell to be a maximum downlink power determined based on a maximum allowed path loss for the low priority UE if the measurement results satisfy the threshold settings, wherein under the mixed mode, a first set of high priority UEs are capable of being connected to the femtocell and a second set of low priority UEs are capable of being connected to the femtocell at a priority lower than that of the first set of high priority UEs, wherein if the path loss is greater than a path loss threshold, then the connection request of the low priority UE is rejected, wherein the maximum downlink power is set to be a sum consisting of a maximum allowed path loss for the low priority UE plus a received total wideband power offset plus a UE optimized uplink reception level.