Patent ID: 8311570

Claim:
A local network node for providing a user equipment with a local connection to a mobile network, the mobile network comprising one or more cells overlapping a coverage area of the local network node, the local network node comprising: a processor configured to: receive, from the user equipment, first one or more parameters related to a power of a downlink between the user equipment and the local network node; and receive, from the user equipment, second, different one or more parameters related to noise and interference on the downlink resulting from overlapping cells of the mobile network and other competing local network nodes, the second one or more parameters corresponding to a received signal code power measured at the user equipment for one or more of the overlapping cells and the other competing local network nodes; and a measuring processor configured to determine a transmit power for the downlink between the local network node and the user equipment based on the first and second one or more parameters, and a minimum required power for a correct reception of a downlink signal at the user equipment.