Patent ID: 9699601
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a self-organizing network (SON) management system, a presence of one or more user equipment (UE) in relation to one or more small cell radios of a small cell network based on information obtained through the small cell network and one or more parallel networks, wherein the one or more parallel networks include, at least in part,a WiFi network; determining a presence of the one or more UE in relation to one or more wireless radios of the WiFi network; determining whether any of the one or more UE are within a potential coverage area of one or more small cells radio based, at least in part, on a location of the one or more wireless radios of the WiFi network; and adjusting, by the SON management system, transmit power for one or more small cell radios of the small cell network based, at least in part, on the presence of one or more UE in relation to the one or more small cell radios of the small cell network, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the transmit power for at least one small cell radio from a reduced power level based on a determination that at least one UE is within a potential coverage area of the at least one small cell radio and that the at least one UE is authorized to connect to the at least one small cell radio.