SMALL BANDWIDTH CELL CONFIGURATION, FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE WITH OVERLAPPING LARGE BANDWIDTH CELL

摘要

A method is disclosed of a network node of a cellular communication system for configuring a first cell of the cellular communication system in relation to a second cell of the cellular communication system. A coverage area of the first cell and a coverage area of the second cell overlap, at least partly. The first cell is to be provided by a first base station of the cellular communication system and has a first bandwidth and the second cell is provided by a second base station of the cellular communication system and has a second bandwidth which is larger than the first bandwidth. The method comprises determining an offset between a first carrier frequency of the first cell and a second carrier frequency of the second cell and configuring the first base station to provide the first cell based on the first carrier frequency. A first spectrum range defined by the first carrier frequency and the first bandwidth is comprised within a second spectrum range defined by the second carrier frequency and the second bandwidth. The offset is determined such that control signaling of the second cell is aligned with control signaling of the first cell to reduce an impact of interference between the control signaling of the first cell and the control signaling of the second cell. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and network node are also disclosed.