Patent ID: 8285320

Claim:
A method for controlling operation of a first base station of a wireless cellular telecommunication network including plural base stations and a server, the method executed by the first base station comprising: setting transmission power of signals transferred by the first base station in a cell managed by the first base station at a first transmission power value; detecting a predetermined signal transferred by a mobile terminal of the wireless cellular telecommunication network; and if a predetermined signal transferred by the mobile terminal is detected: establishing a communication link with the server; obtaining, from the server, information identifying each second base station that manages a cell that is neighbour of the cell managed by the first base station and that is transferring signals in the cell the second base station manages at a transmission power higher than the first transmission power value; establishing a communication link with each second base station; and setting the transmission power of the signals transferred by the first base station in the cell managed by the first base station at a second transmission power value higher than the first transmission power.