US 11,696,151 B2
Selecting a physical cell identifier in a small cell without using radio environment monitoring
Shiva Prakash, Bengaluru (IN); Ehsan Daeipour, Southborough, MA (US); and Nagi Jayaraman Mahalingam, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,632.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,831, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,823, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195432 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 16/22 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/22 (2013.01) [H04W 84/045 (2013.01)] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A small cell for selecting a physical cell identifier (PCI), comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
determine a provisioned list of PCI values;
sort the PCI values in the provisioned list into a sorted list based on a repeating predetermined pattern and modulo X values of elements in the provisioned list, where X is a predetermined integer; and
select, for each sector implemented by the small cell, a PCI value from the sorted list based on a sector ID of the sector.