Method for dynamically setting the number of HS-SCCH channels to be used on a cell

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PATENT NO 8565171
APP PUB NO 20100214988A1
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12714240

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Embodiments of the invention relate to dynamically setting the number N of HS-SCCH channels to be used as signaling channels of the HS-DSCH traffic channel in a cell served by a Node B, which comprises, at predefined periods of time:

    determining the number N of HS-SCCH channels as a function of one or more of the following:percentage of used downlink transmission power, used_DL_TX_power, with respect to the maximum downlink transmission power in the cell, Cell_Max_DL_TX_power;number of users in the scheduler of the HS-DSCH channel for PS data traffic;number of codes being used for the HS-DSCH channel;number of users for voice over HSPA in the scheduler of the HS-DSCH channel; andsending a message from a Radio Network Controller, RNC, that controls the Node B including the number N of HS-SCCH channels to be used in said cell.

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VODAFONE GROUP PLCBURKE COUNTY ENGLAND BERKSHIRE

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De, Pasquale Andrea Madrid, ES 42 281
Dominguez, Romero Francisco Javier Madrid, ES 49 294

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