US 12,707,348 B2 · Mitigation of multiple conflicting handovers

Abstract

Enhanced management of conflicting handovers of a device between cells can be performed. Conflicting handover (CH) detector can detect conflicting handovers of the device between first cell and second cell based on handover information relating to previous handovers of device between cells, first performance indicators (PIs) associated with device and first cell, second PIs associated with device and second cell, and/or third PIs associated with second devices associated with first or second cell, over defined time period. In response to conflicting handovers detection, CH identifier can predict, from a group of types of conflicting handovers of devices, a type of the conflicting handovers of the device between first and second cells based on handover information, first PIs, second PIs, and/or third PIs. CH mitigator can determine the better of first cell or second cell to which to connect device based on rules and first, second, and/or third PIs.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

determining, by a system comprising at least one processor, that there are conflicting handovers of a device between a first cell and a second cell based on handover information relating to previous handovers of the device, first performance indicators associated with the device and the first cell, and second performance indicators associated with the device and the second cell, over a defined time period;
and
in response to determining that there are the conflicting handovers of the device between the first cell and the second cell, from a group of types of conflicting handovers of devices, predicting, by the system, a type of the conflicting handovers of the device between the first cell and the second cell based on the handover information, the first performance indicators, and the second performance indicators.

A system, comprising:

at least one memory that stores computer executable components;
and
at least one processor that executes computer executable components stored in the at least one memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:
a conflicting handovers detector that detects conflicting user equipment handovers of a user equipment between first network equipment and second network equipment based on handover data relating to previous user equipment handovers of the user equipment, first performance indicators associated with the user equipment and the first network equipment, and second performance indicators associated with the user equipment and the second network equipment, over a defined time period;
and
a conflicting handovers identifier that, in response to detection of the conflicting user equipment handovers of the user equipment between the first network equipment and the second network equipment, predicts, from a group of types of conflicting user equipment handovers, a type of the conflicting user equipment handovers of the user equipment between the first network equipment and the second network equipment based on the handover data, the first performance indicators, and the second performance indicators.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining that there are conflicting handovers of a device between a first base station and a second base station based on handover information relating to previous handovers of the device, first performance indicators associated with the device and the first base station, and second performance indicators associated with the device and the second base station, over a defined time period;
and
in response to determining that there are the conflicting handovers of the device between the first base station and the second base station, from a group of types of conflicting handovers of devices, predicting a type of the conflicting handovers of the device between the first base station and the second base station based on the handover information, the first performance indicators, and the second performance indicators.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mitigation of multiple conflicting handovers

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