Patent ID: 9723551
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method in a radio network node for ranking cells within a group of cells in a cellular network the method comprising: receiving power level measurements from each of a first plurality of user equipments active in a first cell, wherein the power level measurements indicate a power level in at least a first cell and a second cell within the group of cells, receiving, via a second radio network node, power level measurements from each of a second plurality of user equipments active in a second cell, wherein the power level measurements indicate a power level in at least the first cell and the second cell within the group of cells, and identifying the first cell as a highest ranked cell within the group of cells, wherein a greater number of user equipments within the first plurality of user equipments and the second plurality of user equipments identified the first cell as having the highest power level of the at least first cell and second cell within the group of cells.