Patent ID: 8538384

Claim:
Method for setting or maintaining a preferential condition for a mobile terminal, comprising: receiving a message transferred by a mobile terminal and forwarded by a first base station, the message comprising information indicating that a second base station which is associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure, checking if the information indicating that the second base station which is associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure is acceptable by reading a data base comprising information indicating if the second base station which is associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure and by checking if the coverage area of the first base station comprises at least a part of the coverage area of the second base station, determining if the second base station associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure according to a result of the checking, setting the preferential condition for the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a communication with a remote telecommunication device through the second base station associated with the mobile terminal, if the second base station associated with the mobile terminal is not involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure, setting the preferential condition for the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a communication with the remote telecommunication device through the first base station not associated with the mobile terminal, if the second base station associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure, not setting the preferential condition for the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a communication with the remote telecommunication device through the first base station not associated with the mobile terminal, if the second base station associated with the mobile terminal is not involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure.