Method and appartus for management of automatic neighbor relation function in wireless networks

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for ascertaining whether to add or remove a neighbor relation based at least in part on information associated with an operations and management system;
• and
• code for dispatching from the operations and management system an add or remove request to a base station.

A method utilized in wireless communication systems, the method comprising:

• employing a neighbor addition threshold or a neighbor removal threshold to control an automatic neighbor relation function;
• and
• updating a logical relationship associated with the automatic neighbor relation function tasked with making decisions about cell additions or cell removals based at least in part on the neighbor addition threshold or the neighbor removal threshold;
• or
• updating a logical relationship associated with the automatic neighbor relation function tasked with making decisions about cell additions or cell removals from a neighbor relations table based at least in part on the neighbor addition threshold or the neighbor removal threshold.

An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

• means for counting or storing a number of times a neighbor cell is reported by an access terminal in a fixed time interval;
• means for detecting an event where the neighbor cell is reported at least a fixed number of times within the fixed time interval;
• means for establishing a neighbor relation based at least in part on the neighbor cell being reported at least the fixed number of times within the fixed time interval;
• and
• means for establishing a neighbor relation in a set of neighbor relations based at least in part on the neighbor cell being reported at least the fixed number of times within the fixed time interval.