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US 10,484,887 B2Granted
Monitoring and optimizing of control channel usage
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsMieszko Chmiel, Martin Kollar, Yizhi Yao
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Abstract
A method comprising monitoring whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network, and incrementing at least one counter according to the monitoring result.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- monitoring whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network;
- incrementing at least one counter according to the monitoring result;
- comparing with at least one predetermined threshold one of a counter value, a rate value, or an average rate, or probability value associated with the incremented at least one counter;
- deciding, based on the comparison, that a modification of dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources is required;
- and
- based on the deciding, causing the modification of the dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources, wherein the modification comprises one of increasing or decreasing the number of the resources being set for the uplink communication resources.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor, and
- at least one memory storing instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
- monitor whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network;
- increment at least one counter according to the monitoring result;
- compare with at least one predetermined threshold one of a counter value, a rate value, or an average rate, or probability value associated with the incremented at least one counter;
- based on the comparison, decide that a modification of dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources is required;
- and
- based on the deciding, perform the modification of the dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources, wherein the modification comprises one of increasing or decreasing the number of the resources being set for the uplink communication resources.
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An apparatus comprising
- at least one processor, and
- at least one memory storing instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured, with the at least one at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- acquire a counter value, a rate value or an average rate or probability value for a successful or unsuccessful resource allocation based on information related to a monitoring of whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network;
- compare one of the counter value, the rate value or the average rate or probability value with at least one predetermined threshold;
- and
- decide, based on the comparison, that a modification of dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources is required;
- and
- based on the deciding, determining the modification of the dimensioning of resources being set for the uplink communication resources, wherein the modification comprises one of increasing or decreasing the number of the resources being set for the uplink communication resources.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.