Patent ID: 9220022
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a target location for a metro cell base station comprising: calculating, via at least one monitoring device, at least one of a number of user equipments within a range of the at least one monitoring device, a radio frequency (RF) level of at least one macro cell base station and an amount of data activity associated with each one of the user equipments within the range; first comparing the calculated number of user equipments with a first threshold; second comparing the amount of data activity with a second threshold; third comparing the calculated RF level with a third threshold, the third threshold being determined such that if the metro cell base station is placed at the target location, no substantial signal interference from the at least one macro cell base station will be experienced by the metro cell base station; and determining, via the at least one monitoring device, the target location for the metro cell base station based on the first comparing, the second comparing and the third comparing.