Accessing a base station
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1. A method of controlling access to a base station, the base station being arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of:
- an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, the method comprising;
determining operating conditions of the zone served by the base station, the base station being a multi-mode base station, and the zone also including a second cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode; and
controlling the access mode of the first cell based on the determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station to establish the access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, such that the access mode of the first cell is controlled based on the access mode of the second cell.
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Abstract
Method, base station and computer program product for controlling access to the base station, the base station being arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode. Operating conditions of the zone served by the base station are determined and then the access mode of the first cell is controlled based on the determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station.
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1. A method of controlling access to a base station, the base station being arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of:
- an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, the method comprising;
determining operating conditions of the zone served by the base station, the base station being a multi-mode base station, and the zone also including a second cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode; and controlling the access mode of the first cell based on the determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station to establish the access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, such that the access mode of the first cell is controlled based on the access mode of the second cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, the method comprising;
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12. A base station arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, and the base station comprising a radio resource manager for controlling access to the base station, the radio resource manager configured to:
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determine operating conditions of the zone served by the base station, the base station being a multi-mode base station, and the zone also including a second cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode; and control the access mode of the first cell based on the radio resource manager'"'"'s determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station to establish the access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, such that the access mode of the first cell is controlled based on the access mode of the second cell. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer program product, encoded in a non-transitory format on a computer readable medium, for controlling access to a base station, the base station being arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, and the computer program product being embodied on a non-transient computer-readable medium and configured so as when executed on a processor of the base station to perform the operations of:
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determining operating conditions of the zone served by the base station the base station being a multi-mode base station, and the zone also including a second cell implementing an access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode; and controlling the access mode of the first cell based on the determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station to establish the access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, such that the access mode of the first cell is controlled based on the access mode of the second cell.
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15. A method of controlling access to a base station, the base station being arranged to serve a zone, the zone comprising a first cell implementing an access mode as one of:
- an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, the method comprising;
determining operating conditions of the zone served by the base station; controlling the access mode of the first cell based on the determined operating conditions of the zone served by the base station to establish the access mode as one of an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode; and monitoring a power level in a cell of a neighboring base station, the cell of the neighboring base station operating in a same frequency band as the first cell such that if the monitored power level is below a threshold power level then the controlling the access mode of the first cell comprises setting the access mode of the first cell to the open access mode or the hybrid access mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- an open access mode, a hybrid access mode, and a closed access mode, the method comprising;
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