Automated cell parameter update in cellular networks
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsNemmara Shankaranarayanan, Wei Yuan, Sarat Puthenpura, Slawomir Stawiarski, Shomik Pathak, Wenjie Zhao
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Abstract
The described technology is generally directed towards automated cell parameter updates in cellular networks. A network automation platform architecture is disclosed which includes elements configured to automatically analyze, recalculate, and deploy cell parameters such as PCI and RSI parameters, for cells of a cellular communication network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by network automation platform equipment comprising a processor, a cell data update comprising updated physical cell identifiers and root sequence indices for application to cells which are part of a cellular communication network;
- analyzing, by the network automation platform equipment, the cell data update in order to identify a collision, the collision comprising:
- a same physical cell identifier assigned to neighbor cells of the cells, or
- a same root sequence index assigned to the neighbor cells;
- determining, by the network automation platform equipment, a replacement physical cell identifier or a replacement root sequence index for a neighbor cell of the neighbor cells, wherein the replacement physical cell identifier or the replacement root sequence index is determined to avoid the collision;
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- communicating, by the network automation platform equipment, the replacement physical cell identifier or the replacement root sequence index in order to configure the neighbor cell according to the new physical cell identifier or the new root sequence index.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a cell data update comprising updated physical cell identifiers for cells associated with a cellular communication network;
- analyzing the updated physical cell identifiers in order to identify a physical cell identifier confusion, the physical cell identifier confusion comprising a same physical cell identifier assigned to a group of second cells of the cells, which are both neighbors of a first cell of the cells;
- determining a new physical cell identifier for a second cell of the group of second cells, wherein the new physical cell identifier is determined to avoid the physical cell identifier confusion;
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- sending the new physical cell identifier in order to configure the second cell according to the new physical cell identifier.
Network automation platform equipment, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a cell data update comprising updated parameters assigned to cells deployed as part of a cellular communication network;
- analyzing the cell data update in order to identify a collision, the collision comprising a same root sequence index assigned to neighbor cells of the cells;
- determining a replacement root sequence index for a neighbor cell of the neighbor cells of the cellular communication network, wherein the replacement root sequence index avoids the collision;
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- sending the replacement root sequence index in order to configure the neighbor cell according to the replacement root sequence index.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.