Network entity of a communication network

An event publishing network entity for use in a communication network, the event publishing network entity comprising:

• at least one processor and associated memory;
• an input interface configured to receive communications via a communication network, the communication network including a plurality of network entities, the plurality of network entities including an event subscribing network entity;
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• an output interface configured to send communications via the communication network;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive an event subscription message from the event subscribing network entity via the input interface, wherein the event subscription message includes information identifying the event subscribing network entity and configuration rules for configuring a configurable event of interest at the event publishing network entity, the configurable event of interest being adaptive to current information demands;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to report the configurable event of interest in an event notification message;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to send the event notification message to the event subscribing network entity via the output interface;
• wherein the configuration rules comprise one or more configurable parameters for defining or re-defining the configurable event of interest at the event publishing network entity and/or for defining or re-defining reporting of the configurable event of interest published to said event subscribing network entity;
• wherein the configurable event of interest is related to a processing load situation at the event publishing network entity;
• wherein the event subscribing network entity is configured to distribute processing load among the plurality of network entities based on the reporting of the configurable event of interest by the event publishing network entity;
• wherein the event subscribing network entity is configured to transfer at least a part of a baseband processing task from a first network entity to the event publishing network entity after receiving the reporting of the configurable event of interest if processing resources of the first network entity are not sufficient for a processing task and if the reporting of the configurable event of interest received indicates an available processing capability of the event publishing network entity above a predefined processing capability threshold.

A method of supporting publish-subscribe features for events in a communication network, the method comprising:

• sending an event subscription message from an event subscribing network entity to an event publishing network entity in a communication network, the communication network including a plurality of network entities, the plurality of network entities including the event subscribing network entity and the event publishing network entity, wherein the event subscription message includes information identifying the event subscribing network entity and configuration rules for configuring a configurable event of interest at the event publishing network entity, the configurable event of interest being adaptive to current information demands, wherein the configuration rules comprise one or more configurable parameters for defining or re-defining the configurable event of interest at the event publishing network entity and/or for defining or re-defining reporting of the configurable event of interest published to said event subscribing network entity, wherein the configurable event of interest is related to a processing load situation at the event publishing network entity, wherein the event publishing network entity is configured to report the configurable event of interest to the event subscribing network entity in an event notification message;
• receiving the event notification message from the event publishing network entity at the event subscribing network entity;
• distributing processing load among the plurality of network entities based on the reporting of the configurable event of interest by the event publishing network entity;
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• transferring at least a part of a baseband processing task from a first network entity to the event publishing network entity after receiving the reporting of the configurable event of interest if processing resources of the first network entity are not sufficient for a processing task and if the reporting of the configurable event of interest received indicates an available processing capability of the event publishing network entity above a predefined processing capability threshold.