Patent ID: 9730084
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication control method for use in a small-or-medium-scale base station, comprising the steps of: receiving a radio signal transmitted from a communication terminal or a large-scale base station; acquiring information of the communication terminal or the large-scale base station by analyzing the radio signal; selecting one operation range type for the small-or-medium-scale base station among a plurality of types of operation ranges based on the information of the communication terminal or the large-scale base station; and communicating with the communication terminal in accordance with the operation range type for the small-or-medium-scale base station selected from among the plurality of types of operation ranges, wherein the selecting selects the one operation range type for the small-or-medium-scale base station from among the plurality of types of operation ranges based on at least one of i) a degree of congestion of traffic in the large-scale base station, and ii) a distribution of communication terminals, including the communication terminal, with respect to the large-scale base station, and wherein each of the plurality of types of operation ranges corresponds to one type of different types of communication support for small-or-medium-scale base station.