Patent ID: 8879441
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling communication resources in a cellular communication network, the cellular communication network comprising a plurality of cells which are under control of at least one base station and which use the communication resources to communicate via communication links, wherein a distance between two neighbouring cells of the plurality of cells using a same communication resource is defined to be a re-use distance of the same communication resource, method comprising: configuring a first setup of communication resources for a first cell of the plurality of cells, and controlling the first cell to use a first set of communication resources indicated in the first setup by: configuring a second setup of communication resources for a second cell of the plurality of cells in dependence upon one or more of the re-use distance of the at least one communication resource of the low load set and the re-use distance of the at least one communication resource of the high load set, the second setup indicating a second set of communication resources to be used by the second cell, wherein the first load is higher than the second load, wherein the re-use distance of at least one communication resource of the low load set is larger than the re-use distance of the at least one communication resource of the high load set, and wherein a re-use distance of at least one communication resource of the second set is larger than a re-use distance of at least one communication resource of the first set.