Patent ID: 9226180
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring small cell base stations in a cellular network, comprising: receiving a constraint on a performance-related metric associated with at least a portion of the cellular network; receiving measurement data from one or more small cell base stations via a control interface; searching, using a processor, for one or more optimized values of one or more parameters associated with one or more small cell base stations, wherein the searching is based at least in part on the received measurement data and subject to the constraint on the performance-related metric associated with the at least a portion of the cellular network, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a parameter corresponding to a cell range extension bias towards a small cell base station, and wherein the searching optimizes the parameter corresponding to the cell range extension bias based on whether the small cell base station can offload data traffic to a Wi-Fi network; and transmitting the one or more optimized values of the one or more parameters to the associated small cell base stations.