Inter-donor cell management in wireless communication network

A first donor node within a wireless communication network, comprising:

• a first communications interface;
• a second communications interface;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to:
• receive, in the first donor node via a first communications interface, cell configuration data associated with the RAN node, the cell configuration data comprising data associated with one or more cells of the RAN node activated by the first donor node;
• process the cell configuration data for migrating the one or more cells to a second donor node;
• and
• transmit the processed cell configuration data, via a second communications interface, to the second donor node for use in migrating the RAN node from the first donor node to the second donor node.

A first donor node within a wireless communication network, comprising:

• means for receiving, in the first donor node via a first communications interface, cell configuration data associated with the RAN node, the cell configuration data comprising data associated with one or more cells of the RAN node activated by the first donor node;
• means for processing the cell configuration data for migrating the one or more cells to a second donor node;
• and
• means for transmitting the processed cell configuration data, via a second communications interface, to the second donor node for use in migrating the RAN node from the first donor node to the second donor node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors of a first donor node to:

• receive, in the first donor node via a first communications interface, cell configuration data associated with the RAN node, the cell configuration data comprising data associated with one or more cells of the RAN node activated by the first donor node;
• process the cell configuration data for migrating the one or more cells to a second donor node;
• and
• transmit the processed cell configuration data, via a second communications interface, to the second donor node for use in migrating the RAN node from the first donor node to the second donor node.