Patent ID: 9674742
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method in a cellular radio network, the method comprising, at a first basestation: synchronising physical radio resource time-frequency radio resource units for the first basestation and a second, neighbouring basestation; determining that the first basestation intends to transmit at reduced power for, or not transmit on, one or more given time-frequency radio resource units selected from the set of available time-frequency radio resource units and determining that the second basestation intends to transmit normally on the given time-frequency radio resource unit(s); and as a result of the determination, lowering a threshold for switching of user equipment (UE) from the first to the second base station, where the UEs are to be allocated to the one or more given time-frequency radio resource units of the second basestation following switching.