System and method for scalable radio network slicing
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsHassan HALABIAN, Afshin SAHABI, Mike SKOF
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Abstract
A method and node are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving scan reports from a plurality of access points, AP, and partitioning a wireless communication network into clusters of APs for which scan reports are received, the APs being partitioned into clusters based on neighbor relationships, there being a first limit to a number of APs that can be in a cluster. In some embodiments, the node is a manager node such as a self-organizing network (SON) manager node.
Claims18
A method for network slicing for use in node, the method comprising:
- receiving scan reports from a plurality of access points, AP;
- and
- partitioning a wireless communication network into clusters of APs for which scan reports are received, the APs being partitioned into clusters based on neighbor relationships, there being a first limit to a number of APs that can be in a cluster.
A slicer in a node, the slicer comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to:
- store a list of APs organized by membership in a cluster and a segment;
- :
- receive scan reports from a plurality of access points, AP;
- and
- partition a wireless communication network into clusters of APs for which scan reports are received, the APs being grouped into clusters based on neighbor relationships, there being a first limit to a number of APs that can be in a cluster.
A slicer in a node, the slicer comprising:
- a scan report receiver module configured to receive scan reports from a plurality of access points, AP;
- and
- a clustering module configured to partition a wireless communication network into clusters of APs for which scan reports are received, the APs being grouped into clusters based on neighbor relationships, there being a first limit to a number of APs that can be in a cluster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.