There is described a method of controlling a basestation in a cellular wireless communications network, the method comprising, within the basestation, autonomously and dynamically adapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of the basestation, such that interference between the basestation a
There is described a method of controlling a basestation in a cellular wireless communications network, the method comprising, within the basestation, autonomously and dynamically adapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of the basestation, such that interference between the basestation and other access points in the vicinity is minimized.
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1. A method of controlling a femtocell basestation in a cellular wireless communications network when interference with a macrolayer basestation is detected, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of measurements of pathlosses between the macrolayer basestation and one or more mobile devices h
1. A method of controlling a femtocell basestation in a cellular wireless communications network when interference with a macrolayer basestation is detected, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of measurements of pathlosses between the macrolayer basestation and one or more mobile devices having wireless connections to said femtocell basestation;determining a pathloss corresponding to an average of a bottom predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements; andadapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of one or more mobile devices having wireless connections to said femtocell basestation based on said determined pathloss corresponding to the average of the bottom predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of adapting the maximum value for the total transmit power of one or more mobile devices comprises: setting the maximum value for the total transmit power of the one or more mobile devices equal to the minimum signal power required by said basestation to support a particular service, plus said pathloss at a predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements. 3. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: determining a maximum value for the total transmit power of the one or more mobile devices;comparing the determined maximum value with a maximum permitted value for the total transmit power; andsetting the maximum value equal to the determined maximum value only if this does not exceed the maximum permitted value for the total transmit power. 4. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising adapting the maximum value for the total transmit power of the one or more mobile devices within the basestation, autonomously and dynamically. 5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, before the step of adapting the maximum value for the total transmit power of said one or more mobile devices, there is the step of: determining whether or not a carrier that has been selected for communicating with UEs is unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations;wherein a carrier is unused if there are no detected macrolayer basestation or other basestation CPICH signals and the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) on the carrier is below a minimum interference threshold. 6. A method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of: if the carrier is not unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations, determining whether the interference caused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations is greater than or less than the interference caused by neighbouring other basestations. 7. A method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising, if the interference caused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations is greater than the interference caused by neighbouring other basestations, the step of: calculating the basestation to neighbouring macrolayer basestation path losses. 8. A method as claimed in claim 7, said step of adapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of one or more mobile devices comprising: if said carrier is unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations, setting the total transmit power of said one or more mobile devices at a first level;if said carrier is not unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations, and the interference caused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations is greater than the interference caused by neighbouring other basestations, setting the total transmit power of said one or more mobile devices at a second level;if said carrier is not unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations, the interference caused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations is less than the interference caused by neighbouring other basestations, setting the total transmit power of said one or more mobile devices at a third level. 9. A method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: determining whether said first, second or third levels are greater than a maximum permitted power threshold; andif said first, second or third levels are greater than a maximum permitted power threshold, resetting the total transmit power of the basestation to said maximum permitted power threshold; andif said first, second or third levels are not greater than a maximum permitted power threshold, maintaining the total transmit power of the basestation at its set level. 10. A basestation adapted to perform the method according to any of claims 1-9. 11. A method of controlling a femtocell basestation in a cellular wireless communications network when interference with a macrolayer basestation is detected, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of measurements of pathlosses between the macrolayer basestation and one or more mobile devices having wireless connections to said femtocell basestation;determining a pathloss at a predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements; andsetting a maximum value for a total transmit power of the one or more mobile devices equal to a minimum signal power required by said basestation to support a particular service, plus said determined pathloss at the predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements. 12. A method of controlling a femtocell basestation in a cellular wireless communications network when interference with a macrolayer basestation is detected, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of measurements of pathlosses between the macrolayer basestation and one or more mobile devices having wireless connections to said femtocell basestation;determining a pathloss at a predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements;determining whether or not a carrier that has been selected for communicating with user equipments is unused by neighbouring macrolayer basestations or other basestations, wherein a carrier is unused if there are no detected macrolayer basestation or other basestation CPICH signals and the received signal strength indicator on the carrier is below a minimum interference threshold; andadapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of one or more mobile devices having wireless connections to said femtocell basestation based on said determined pathloss at the predetermined percentile of said plurality of measurements.
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