Signaling physical cell identifier problems
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsBernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Henrik Martikainen, Andreas Lobinger
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Abstract
The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding signaling physical cell identifier problems. Certain aspects of the present invention include receiving, at a network node, information regarding a suspected identifier problem from a first base station, the information indicating the suspected identifier problem between the first base station and a second base station, and analyzing the suspected identifier problem based on the received information.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a network node and from a first base station, information of at least one suspected identifier problem for identifiers of cells used by terminals to connect to the cells, the information indicating the at least one suspected identifier problem between a cell of the first base station and a cell of a second base station, the information being based on a connection failure of a terminal;
- analyzing, by the network node, the at least one suspected identifier problem based on the received information and a neighbor relation table associated with the second base station;
- and
- initiating, at the network node, over at least one interface appropriate actions based on at least the analysis of the at least one suspected identifier problem to resolve the at least one suspected identifier problem for the identifiers of the cells.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- receiving at a network node from a first base station information regarding a of at least one suspected identifier problem for identifiers of cells used by terminals to connect to the cells, the information indicating the at least one suspected identifier problem between a cell of the first base station and a cell of a second base station, the information being based on a connection failure of a terminal;
- analyzing, by the network node, the at least one suspected identifier problem based on the received information and a neighbor relation table associated with the second base station;
- and
- initiating, at the network node, over at least one interface appropriate actions in order based on at least the analysis of the at least one suspected identifier problem to resolve the at least one suspected identifier problem for the identifiers of the cells.
A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software code for performing the following, in response to the software code being run on a processing device:
- receiving, at a network node and from a first base station, information regarding a of a least one suspected identifier problem for identifiers of cells used by terminals to connect to the cells, the information indicating the at least one suspected identifier problem between a cell of the first base station and a cell of a second base station, the information being based on a connection failure of a terminal:
- analyzing, by the network node, the at least one suspected identifier problem based on the received information and a neighbor relation table associated with the second base station;
- and
- initiating, at the network node, over at least one interface appropriate actions—in order based on at least the analysis of the at least one suspected identifier problem to resolve the at least one suspected identifier problem for the identifiers of the cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.