Patent ID: 9699081
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method to facilitate communications by an evolved Node B (eNB), the method comprising: determining an angle of arrival associated with individual user equipments (UEs) of a plurality of UEs in a connected mode with the eNB; determining a timing advance associated with the individual UEs; estimating a UE location of the individual UEs within a coverage area of the eNB based on the respective angle of arrival and timing advance; assigning the individual UEs to one of a plurality of bins, individual bins of the plurality of bins corresponding to a range of values for the angle of arrival and a range of values for the timing advance; averaging reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurements received from a plurality of the individual UEs assigned to a same individual bin to obtain an average RSRP measurement or an average RSRQ measurement for the respective individual bin; and adjusting, in accordance with a capacity and coverage optimization (CCO) function, one or more parameters for communications by the eNB based on the average RSRP measurements or average RSRQ measurements for respective individual bins of the plurality of bins.