Methods and apparatus for adapting network characteristics in telecommunications systems
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsPetter Ljung, Markku Maijala, Martin Skarve
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Abstract
Methods in a network node, such as a radio base station (RBS) node or a radio network control (RNC) node, for adapting network characteristics in a telecommunications system are provided. A plurality of entities indicative of the performance of the network are measured simultaneously, by means of a single table, and one entity is selected as main entity. The measurements are stored within main entity ranges and a correlation of the measurements is performed to determine a relationship among the entities with main entity range(s). The result(s) of the correlation is used to adapt network characteristics for optimizing the network. Related network nodes are also discussed.
Claims14
A method for adapting network characteristics in a telecommunications network system comprising a radio base station capable of serving a plurality of user equipments, the method comprising:
- simultaneously measuring in a network node, by means of a single table, a plurality of entities indicative of performance in a network during a predetermined time period;
- selecting one of the measured plurality of entities as a main entity and using the main entity to define a plurality of main entity ranges;
- storing the remaining ones of the plurality of measured entities within the main entity ranges, per entity;
- correlating the plurality of measured entities to determine to relationship among entities within a main entity range to provide a correlation result;
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- adapting network characteristics based on the correlation result wherein the network node is one of a radio base station node or a radio network control node.
A network node for adapting network characteristics in a telecommunications network system comprising a radio base station capable of serving a plurality of user equipments, the network node being one of a radio base station node or a radio network control node, the network node comprising:
- measuring means configured to simultaneously measure, by means of a single table, a plurality of entities indicative of performance in a network, during a predetermined time period, and for selecting one of the measured plurality of entities as a main entity, and using the main entity to define a plurality of main entity ranges;
- storage means configured to store the remaining ones of the plurality of measured entities per entity within the main entity ranges;
- a correlator configured to correlate the plurality of measured entities to determine a relationship among entities within a main entity range to provide a correlation result;
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- processing means configured to adapt the network characteristics based on the correlation result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.