公开(公告)号：US20180199304A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15404019

申请日：2017-01-11

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Bruce Wilson ,  Weihua Gao ,  Sai Pradeep Venkatraman

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W4/02

CPC classification number: H04W4/02 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for identifying a small cell in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information associated with one or more base stations, where the information includes one or more codes associated with the one or more base stations. The method further includes determining whether a code from the one or more codes is associated with a small cell based on, for example, a number of base stations associated with the code; an aggregated area of coverage of the base stations associated with the code; signal strength information of a signal received by a mobile device from a base station of the one or more base stations; information indicating a distance or a data throughput between the mobile device and the base station; or an area of coverage of a base station associated with the code.