Communication between network nodes of a mobile communication network using a communication interface

A mobile communication network for communication between network nodes of the mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communication network comprises:

• an access network;
• and
• a core network;
• wherein the access network comprises a plurality of base station entities, the plurality of base station entities comprising at least a first base station entity, a second base station entity, and further base station entities;
• wherein the first and second base station entities are configured for:
• establishing a communication interface between the first and second base station entities, wherein the establishing the communication interface comprises generating a first instance of the communication interface at the first base station entity and generating a second instance of the communication interface at the second base station;
• transmitting, from a removal initiating base station entity, a first removal message to a removal responding base station entity, wherein the removal initiating base station entity is one of the first and second base station entities and the removal responding base station entity is the other of the first and second base station entities;
• receiving, at the removal initiating base station entity, a second removal message from the removal responding base station entity;
• and
• disabling the communication interface, wherein the disabling the communication interface comprises removing the first and second instances of the communication interface in a coordinated manner wherein the removal initiating base station entity and the removal responding base station entity consent to removal of the respective instances of the communication interface;
• wherein the first and second base station entities are configured for preventing removal of the first and second instances of the communication interface in case that a removal message received at a removal initiating base station entity comprises removal rejection information, wherein the removal rejection information indicates at least one of:
• an important mobility relation between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of load information between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of available resources between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of messages indicating failures between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of interference load information between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of energy saving information between the first and second base station entities, and/or
• the communication interface between the first and second base station entities is regarded as being essential to the removal responding base station entity.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for communication between network nodes of a mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communication network comprises an access network and a core network, wherein the access network comprises a plurality of base station entities, the plurality of base station entities comprising a first base station entity, a second base station entity, and further base station entities, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate performance of the following:

• establishing a communication interface between the first and second base station entities, wherein the establishing the communication interface comprises generating a first instance of the communication interface at the first base station entity and generating a second instance of the communication interface at the second base station;
• transmitting, from a removal initiating base station entity, a first removal message to a removal responding base station entity, wherein the removal initiating base station entity is one of the first and second base station entities and the removal responding base station entity is the other of the first and second base station entities;
• receiving, at the removal initiating base station entity, a second removal message from the removal responding base station entity;
• and
• disabling the communication interface, wherein the disabling the communication interface comprises removing the first and second instances of the communication interface in a coordinated manner wherein the removal initiating base station entity and the removal responding base station entity consent to removal of the respective instances of the communication interface;
• wherein the removal of the first and second instances of the communication interface is preventable in case that a removal message received at a removal initiating base station entity comprises removal rejection information, wherein the removal rejection information indicates at least one of:
• an important mobility relation between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of load information between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of available resources between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of messages indicating failures between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of interference load information between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of energy saving information between the first and second base station entities, and/or
• the communication interface between the first and second base station entities is regarded as being essential to the removal responding base station entity.

A method for communication between network nodes of a mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communication network comprises an access network and a core network, wherein the access network comprises a plurality of base station entities, the plurality of base station entities comprising a first base station entity, a second base station entity, and further base station entities, wherein the method comprises:

• establishing a communication interface between the first and second base station entities, wherein the establishing the communication interface comprises generating a first instance of the communication interface at the first base station entity and generating a second instance of the communication interface at the second base station;
• transmitting, from a removal initiating base station entity, a first removal message to a removal responding base station entity, wherein the removal initiating base station entity is one of the first and second base station entities and the removal responding base station entity is the other of the first and second base station entities;
• receiving, at the removal initiating base station entity, a second removal message from the removal responding base station entity;
• and
• disabling the communication interface, wherein the disabling the communication interface comprises removing the first and second instances of the communication interface in a coordinated manner wherein the removal initiating base station entity and the removal responding base station entity consent to removal of the respective instances of the communication interface;
• wherein the removal of the first and second instances of the communication interface is preventable in case that a removal message received at a removal initiating base station entity comprises removal rejection information, wherein the removal rejection information indicates at least one of:
• an important mobility relation between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of available resources between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of messages indicating failures between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of interference load information between the first and second base station entities,
• an important exchange of energy saving information between the first and second base station entities, and/or
• the communication interface between the first and second base station entities is regarded as being essential to the removal responding base station entity.