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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsFredrik WOXBERG, Lisa BOSTRÖM, Juan-Antonio IBANEZ, Walter MÜLLER
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A confined area (CA) radio access network (RAN) comprises a bridge cell, that enables mobility for user equipment (UE) between the CA RAN and a wide area (WA) RAN. The bridge cell broadcasts within a carrier configuration used by the WA RAN a cell information signal that comprises a cell identifier. The WA RAN may then obtain a measurement report including the identifier of the bridge cell from a UE served by the WA RAN, and send a handover request to the CA RAN for the UE to be handed over from the WA RAN to the CA RAN. Mobility between WA RAN, and the CA RAN is thereby enabled also when the configurations with respect to power, frequency, etc. differ between the two networks, with exception of the bridge cell.
A method for operating a confined area (CA) radio access network (RAN) bridge cell, wherein the CA RAN bridge cell bridges a wide area (WA) RAN with a CA RAN, wherein the method is performed by a CA network node, wherein the CA network node is controlling the CA RAN, and wherein the method comprises:
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A method for facilitating handover of a user equipment from a wide area (WA) radio access network (RAN) to a confined area (CA) RAN, wherein the method is performed by a WA network node, wherein the WA network node is controlling the WA RAN, and wherein the method comprises:
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A confined area (CA) network node for operating a CA radio access network (RAN) bridge cell, wherein the CA RAN bridge cell bridges a wide area (WA) RAN with a CA RAN, wherein the CA network node is configured to control the CA RAN, and the CA network node comprising:
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, for operating a confined area (CA radio access network (RAN) bridge cell, wherein the CA RAN bridge cell bridges a wide area (WA) RAN with a CA RAN, the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a CA network node controlling the CA RAN, causes the CA network node to perform operations comprising:
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