Patent ID: 8982853
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a configurable base station, comprising: receiving signals from a first adjacent base station; determining resource utilization information from said received signals, said determined resource utilization information including at least one of a first frame timing used to control transmission of broadcast control channel information by said first adjacent base station and a first set of uplink physical random access channel (PRACH) communications resources used by said first adjacent base station; and selecting, based on said determined resource utilization information, at least one of a second frame timing or a second set of uplink PRACH communications resources to be used by said configurable base station, said second frame timing being different from said first frame timing and said second set of uplink PRACH communications resources being different from said first set of uplink PRACH communications resources.