Patent ID: 8073445
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining neighboring condition and cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network, the method comprising: receiving, at the first base station and from the server, information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network, the information identifying the second base station being used for establishing a connection between the base stations; establishing a direct connection between the first base station and the second base station based on the information identifying the second base station received at the first base station; receiving, at the first base station, information representative of an operation domain of a second cell area managed by the second base station via the direct connection; and configuring, by the first base station, an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection.