Patent ID: 8825053
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for instructing at least one mobile station communicating with a serving access node, the serving access node being capable of cooperating with a plurality of supporting access nodes and the at least one mobile station being capable of additionally communicating with the plurality of supporting access nodes such that the serving access node additionally uses the transmission and receiving capacities of at least one of the plurality of supporting access nodes for communicating with the at least one mobile station, the method comprising: obtaining at least one backhaul parameter relating to a backhaul capacity of at least one of the serving access node and a supporting access node; generating at least one of a handover command and a system information parameter based on the obtained at least one backhaul parameter; providing the at least one of the handover command and the system information parameter to the at least one mobile station; determining supporting access nodes having a limited free backhaul capacity; and excluding the determined supporting access nodes from the additional communication with the at least one mobile station.