Patent ID: 8229365
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a cellular access system, said system comprising a first plurality of base stations, each of which controls the traffic to and from at least one cell in the system, in which system the communication between users in a cell and the base station of the cell is divided into an up link period (UL) during which users may transmit to their base station, and a down link period (DL) during which a base station may transmit to users in the cell of the base station, the method further comprising the steps of letting a controlling node in the system send instructions to a first base station and a second base station in said first plurality of base stations, wherein the instructions to the first base station comprises information regarding: wherein the instructions to the second base station comprises information regarding: wherein the controlling node uses the measurement results in order to set individual guard periods for the second base station or for a group of base stations in the system in which the second base station is comprised.