Patent ID: 9642016
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed in a mobile device of a mobile communication network for determining an offset to be used to extend a range of a first base station in the mobile communication network, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiver of the mobile device, an offset component from the mobile communication network that is to be used by all mobile devices in respect of the first base station; determining, by a processor of the mobile device, one or more characteristics of the mobile device operating in the mobile communication network; receiving, by the receiver of the mobile device, a set of additional offset values from the mobile communication network, the set of additional offset values comprising one or more additional offset values corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the mobile device; selecting, by the processor of the mobile device, an additional offset value from the set of additional offset values based on the one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and determining, by the processor of the mobile device, the offset to be used by the mobile device to extend the range of the first base station in the mobile communication network by combining the offset component and the additional offset value.