Dynamic reconfiguration of cell site service(s)
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Gordon Beattie, Jr., Debebe Assefa Asefa, Stephen J. Griesmer, Haywood Peitzer
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Abstract
The described subject matter relates to an architecture that can dynamically update or set facility variables for adapting cell site (e.g., base station) characteristics in a wireless communication network. In particular, based upon a current configuration or state of facility equipment as well as various operation data, the architecture can determine or infer a reconfiguration of a facility variable that can adjust the configuration or state of the facility equipment. The reconfiguration can be directed to improving efficiency, mitigating errors, and/or more effectively providing services and allocating resources.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising:
- determining a reconfiguration of a facility variable that changes a service area characteristic associated with a base station device in a set of base station devices that serve user equipment within respective service areas, wherein the reconfiguration is determined based upon a current configuration of facility variables, comprising the facility variable, for the set of base station devices and operation data for the set of base station devices, wherein the reconfiguration comprises a rerouting of network traffic from a first transport slot to a second transport slot that is associated with a different base station device in the set of base station devices than the first transport slot;
- reconfiguring the facility variable based upon the reconfiguration of the facility variable via communication with the base station device;
- determining a value representing a severity of an alarm issued by an alarming base station device from the set of base station devices and sending alarm data comprising the value;
- and
- determining whether to extend or restrict a portion of a service area served by the base station device based at least in part upon the alarm data.
A method, comprising:
- examining, by a system comprising a processor, a current configuration of a facility variable associated with a base station device in a set of base station devices in connection with operation data for the base station device, wherein the set of base station devices service user equipment in respective coverage areas;
- determining, by the system, a reconfiguration of the facility variable comprising modifying the current configuration, wherein the modifying comprises rerouting network traffic from a first transport slot to a second transport slot that is associated with a different base station from the set of base station devices than the first transport slot;
- transmitting, by the system, an instruction to reconfigure the facility variable to the base station device;
- storing, as operation data by the system, alarm data comprising a representation of a severity of an alarm received from an alarming base station device from the set of base station devices;
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- determining, by the system, whether to extend or restrict a portion of a coverage area for the base station device in response to receipt of the alarm data.
A computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- determining a reconfiguration of a facility variable to affect a coverage area characteristic associated with a base station device from a set of base station devices that comprise multiple radio network controller service areas and serve user equipment within respective coverage areas, wherein the reconfiguration is based upon a current configuration of facility variables, comprising the facility variable, for the set of base station devices according to the multiple radio network controller service areas, and operation data for the set of base station devices according to the multiple radio network controller service areas, wherein the reconfiguration comprises rerouting network traffic from a first transport slot to a second transport slot that is associated with a different base station device from the set of base station devices than the first transport slot;
- reconfiguring the facility variable associated with the base station device;
- determining a severity of an alarm issued by another base station device of the set of base station devices;
- sending alarm data comprising the severity;
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- determining whether to extend or restrict a portion of a radio network controller service area of the multiple radio network controller service areas based at least in part upon the alarm data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.