Patent ID: 9148798
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, for use in a basestation forming part of a group of basestations within a cellular communications network, for selecting an identifying code for use in identifying transmissions from the basestation, the method comprising: receiving from a management node a first list of identifying codes and a second list of identifying codes, wherein the identifying codes of the first list can appear in neighbour cell lists of basestations outside said group, and wherein the identifying codes of the second list can not appear in neighbour cell lists of basestations outside said group; determining whether there is at least one identifying code in the first list of identifying codes that is not used by any other basestation in said group; determining whether there is at least one identifying code in the second list of identifying codes that is not used by any other basestation in said group; and if there is at least one identifying code in the first list of identifying codes and at least one identifying code in the second list of identifying codes that are not used by any other basestation in said group, selecting an identifying code from the first list of identifying codes in preference to an identifying code from the second list of identifying codes.