(19)
(11) EP 2 410 802 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.05.2012 Bulletin 2012/21

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/04

(43) Date of publication:
25.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/04

(21) Application number: 10290415.8

(22) Date of filing: 21.07.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04W 72/04(2009.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME RS

(71) Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
75007 Paris (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Pascht, Andreas
    73635 Rudersberg (DE)
  • Wiegner, Dirk
    71409 Schwaikheim (DE)

(74) Representative: Schmidt, Werner Karl 
Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG Intellectual Property & Standards
70430 Stuttgart
70430 Stuttgart (DE)

 
Remarks:
Amended claims in accordance with Rule 137(2) EPC.
 


(54) Base station and method of operating a base station


(57) The invention relates to a method of operating a base station (100) of a cellular communications network, wherein said method comprises the following steps:
- determining (200) properties of at least one terminal (10a, 10b) that is capable of communicating with said base station (100), wherein said properties characterize at least one of: the communications capabilities of said terminal (10a, 10b), at least one physical parameter of said terminal (10a, 10b),
- allocating (210) one or more communications resources to said terminal (10a, 10b) depending on said properties of said terminal (10a, 10b).