Patent ID: 9681363
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for manipulating an Uplink (UL) service area of an access node in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining whether a condition for updating a cell list for UL reception of a terminal device in proximity of the access node is met by considering a first set of Cell Individual Offsets (CIOs) for a set of cells, wherein the first set of CIOs for the set of cells are respectively different from a second set of CIOs for the set of cells which are considered in determining whether a condition for changing a serving access node for Downlink (DL) transmission of the terminal device is met, wherein the condition for updating the cell list for UL reception of the terminal device includes a condition for adding a cell to the cell list that includes where quality CIO addhysteresis denotes a hysteresis value delaying the addition of the cell; and updating the cell list for UL reception of the terminal device according to the determination.