Patent ID: 8743839
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a radio base station for scheduling a receiver of a first type to a user equipment within a radio cell served by the radio base station, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include the first type of receiver and a second type of receiver, the first type of receiver comprising a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and a radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances, the method comprising: determining, by one or more processing units of the radio base station, a distance between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell; and scheduling, by the one or more processing units of the radio base station, the receiver of the first type to the user equipment when the distance is determined to be within the range of distances.