EXPLOITING ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAMES FOR INTER-CELL SCHEDULING

摘要

A method in a cellular radio network, the method comprising, at a first basestation, synchronizing physical radio resource time-frequency radio resource units for the first basestation and a second, neighboring basestation, and determining that the first basestation intends to transmit at reduced power for, or not transmit on, one or more given time-frequency radio resource units selected from the set of available time-frequency radio resource units and determining that the second basestation intends to transmit normally on the given time-frequency radio resource unit(s). As a result of the determination, a threshold for switching of user equipment (UE) from the first to the second base station is lowered, where the UEs are to be allocated to the one or more given time-frequency radio resource units of the second basestation following switching.