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US 2007/0190996 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for improving wireless network reliability
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsAbhaya Asthana, Eric Bauer, Peter Bosch, Xuemei Zhang
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Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for reconfiguring a first base station element to attempt to serve at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals served by a second base station element in response to detection of a failure condition at a second base station element that was serving the plurality of wireless terminals prior to the occurrence of the failure condition.
Claims21
A method, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a failure condition on a first base station element that was serving a plurality of wireless terminals prior to occurrence of the failure condition;
- and
- in response to detection of the failure condition, triggering a second base station element to attempt to reconfigure itself to be better able to serve at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the first base station element than the second base station was able to prior to the occurrence of the failure condition.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting a failure condition on a first base station element that was serving a plurality of wireless terminals prior to occurrence of the failure condition;
- and
- means for, in response to detection of the failure condition, triggering a second base station element to attempt to reconfigure itself to be better able to serve at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the first base station element than the second base station was able to prior to the occurrence of the failure condition.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- detecting, at a first base station element, a failure condition on a second base station element that was serving a plurality of wireless terminals prior to occurrence of the failure condition;
- and
- in response to detection of the occurrence of the failure condition on the second base station element, the first base station element attempting to reconfigure itself to be better able to serve at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the second base station element than the first base station was able to prior to the occurrence of the failure condition.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a input-output module for detecting, at a first base station element, an occurrence of a failure condition on a second base station element that was serving a plurality of wireless terminals prior to occurrence of the failure condition;
- and
- a controller coupled to the receiver, the controller adapted to respond to the occurrence of the failure condition on the second base station element by triggering the first base station element to attempt to reconfigure itself to be better able to serve at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the second base station element than the first base station was able to prior to the occurrence of the failure condition.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting an occurrence of a failure condition on a first base station element that was serving a plurality of wireless terminals prior to the occurrence of the failure condition;
- means for determining a reconfiguration solution adapted to reconfigure at least one other base station element for serving at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the first base station element, wherein the reconfiguration solution depends on a geographical location of the first base station element and at least one geographical location associated with the respective at least one other base station element;
- and
- means for implementing the reconfiguration solution for reconfiguring the at least one other base station element to attempt to serve the at least a portion of the plurality of wireless terminals previously served by the first base station element.
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