Patent ID: 9713015
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for transmitting a signal for coverage coordination by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, by a coordinating base station, information notifying the coordinating base station to each of a first base station and a second base station; receiving, by the coordinating base station, coverage related information from each of the first base station and the second base station, the coverage related information of the first base station including an idle mode switching request of the first base station, the coverage related information of the second base station including information on a coverage area compensated for by the second base station, the coverage related information of the first base station being received from the first base station when a cell load of the first base station maintains a predetermined threshold value or less for a predetermined time; performing a coverage coordination procedure by using the coverage related information of the first and second base stations; and transmitting a coverage coordinating signal determined in accordance with the result of the coverage coordinating procedure to each of the first and second base stations, the coverage coordination procedure including determining whether the second base station compensates for a coverage of the first base station when the first base station is switched to an idle mode.