Patent ID: 9148833
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a first base station that is serving a first user-equipment device operating in an idle mode, a first reverse-link noise measurement pertaining to one or more reverse-links to the first base station; receiving, at the first base station, a second reverse-link noise measurement pertaining to one or more reverse-links to a second base station, wherein the one or more reverse-links to the second base station are between at least one other user-equipment device and the second base station, and wherein the second base station neighbors the first base station; determining, at the first base station, a difference between the first reverse-link noise measurement and the second reverse-link noise measurement; and transmitting, from the first base station to the first user-equipment device operating in the idle mode, data indicating the difference between the first reverse-link noise measurement and the second reverse-link noise measurement.