Patent ID: 9642139
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a macro base station having a first antenna system and a second antenna system, wherein the macro base station is allocated a plurality of frequency resource segments, the method comprising: receiving communications for wireless transfer from the macro base station using the first antenna system and the second antenna system, wherein a gain of the first antenna system is higher than a gain of the second antenna system; determining a first subset of the communications intended for wireless transfer to a picocell over the first antenna system; allocating dedicated resources comprising the first antenna system and a first portion of the plurality of frequency resource segments to the picocell; utilizing the dedicated resources to transfer the first subset of the communications intended for wireless transfer to the picocell by transferring the first subset of the communications from the first antenna system using the first portion of the plurality of frequency resource segments for delivery to the picocell; and transferring a second subset of the communications other than the first subset of the communications from the second antenna system using frequency resource segments other than the first portion of the plurality of frequency resource segments.