Routing in a network
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsPeeter Pruuden, Janne Jouni Kallio
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Abstract
A telecommunications system comprising: a first base station and a second base station, both capable of communicating by radio with a first terminal unit; a telecommunications network capable of coupling the first base station to a second terminal unit over a first route and capable of coupling the second base station to the second terminal unit over a second route, whereby traffic data may be communicated between the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit via the first base station or the second base station; and a routing unit for determining whether the first terminal unit is to communicate with the second terminal unit via the first and second base stations in dependence on factors that include quality of at least part of the first and second routes.
Claims38
A telecommunication system comprising:
- a first base station and a second base station, both capable of communicating by radio with a first terminal unit;
- a telecommunication network capable of coupling the first base station to a second terminal unit over a first route and capable of coupling the second base station to the second terminal unit over a second route, whereby traffic data may be communicated between the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit via the first base station or the second base station, each of said first route and second route comprising at least one radio link segment and other non-radio link segments;
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- a routing unit for deterring whether the first terminal unit is to communicate with the second terminal unit via the first or second base stations in dependence on factors that include quality of at least part of the first and second routes, wherein said at least a part of the first and second routes is at least one of the other non-radio link segments.
A method for determining routing in a telecommunication system comprising:
- a first base station and a second base station, both capable of communicating by radio with a first terminal unit, and a telecommunications network capable of coupling the first base station to a second terminal unit over a first route and capable of coupling the second base station to the second terminal unit over a second route, whereby traffic data may be communicated between the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit via the first base station or the second base station, each of the first and second routes comprising at least one radio link segment and other non-radio link segments;
- the method comprising:
- estimating the quality of at least part of the first and second routes, wherein the at least a part of the first and second routes is at least one of the other non-radio link segments;
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- determining whether the first terminal unit is to communicate with the second terminal unit via the first or second base stations independence on factors that include the quality.
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