Patent ID: 9681448
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a first node in a radio access network, RAN, including a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: communicating radiation pattern information for a radio access network transmission, wherein the radiation pattern information is communicated between the first node and a second node, and wherein the radiation pattern information includes an indication of power and an indication of direction associated with the indication of power for the radio access network transmission, wherein the radiation pattern information is for a common channel transmitted by the first network node, and wherein the common channel comprises at least one of a cell reference signal (CRS), a broadcast channel (BCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and/or a physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH), wherein the first network node is a first base station of the radio access network and the second network node is a second base station or a control node of the radio access network, and wherein communicating the radiation pattern information for the radio access network transmission comprises communicating the radiation pattern information as an element of an X2AP message including a plurality of indications of power and respective indications of direction.