US 2013/0294241 A1 · MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD

Abstract

A mobile communications network communicating data to/from mobile communications devices includes a core network including plural infrastructure equipment, and a radio network including plural base stations with a wireless access interface communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices. The mobile communications network provides communications bearers on request to the mobile communications devices based on a relative type of data packets communicated via the communications bearers for supporting communications sessions, indications of the type of the data packets used to configure the communications bearers. The mobile communications network includes a control unit to determine the number of bearers of each of type of the communications bearers for plural predetermined types provided to the mobile communications devices within the mobile communications network, and to determine a state of the mobile communications network based on the number of each type of communications bearers for each of the plural predetermined types.

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Dependent claims

A mobile communications network for communicating data to and/or from mobile communications devices, the mobile communications network comprising

a core network part including a plurality of infrastructure equipment, and
a radio network part including a plurality of base stations which are provided with a wireless access interface for communicating data to or from the mobile communications devices, the mobile communications network is arranged to provide communications bearers on request to the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relative type of data packets communicated via the communications bearers for supporting communications sessions, the indications of the type of the data packets being used to configure the communications bearers, and the mobile communications network includes
a control unit arranged in operation to determine the number of bearers of each of the type of the communications bearers for a plurality of pre-determined types provided to the mobile communications devices within the mobile communications network, and to determine a state of the mobile communications network in accordance with the number of each type of the communications bearers for each of the plurality of pre-determined types.

A method of operating a mobile communications network for communicating data to and/or from mobile communications devices, the mobile communications network comprising a core network part including a plurality of infrastructure equipment, and a radio network part including a plurality of base stations which are provided with a wireless access interface for communicating data to or from the mobile communications devices, the method comprising

providing communications bearers on request to the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relative type of data packets communicated via the communications bearers for supporting communications sessions, the indications of the type of the data packets being used to configure the communications bearers,
determining the number of bearers of each of the type of the communications bearers for a plurality of pre-determined types provided to the mobile communications devices within the mobile communications network, and
determining a state of the mobile communications network in accordance with the number of each type of the communications bearers for each of the plurality of pre-determined types.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile communications network, infrastructure equipment, mobile communications device and method

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Mobile communications network, infrastructure equipment, mobile communications device and method

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Abstract

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