Method of inter base station communication, a base station and telecommunication network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorPhilippe Godin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of inter base station communication comprising: —receiving a first message (118) being indicative of a neighboring second base station (2) by a first base station (1), —sending a second message (120) to the second base station, —in response to the second message, receiving a third message (124) comprising information being indicative of at least a third base station (3), the third base station being a neighbor of the second base station, using the information received with the third message for enabling communication (128) between the first base station and the third base station, independently of any user equipment detection of the third base station.
Claims14
A method of inter base station communication comprising:
- receiving a first message from a user equipment at a first base station, said first message being indicative of a neighboring second base station;
- sending a second message to the second base station;
- in response to the second message, receiving a third message comprising information being indicative of at least a third base station, the third base station being a neighbour of the second base station;
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- using information received with the third message for enabling communication between the first base station and the third base station, wherein the third message comprises a cell identifier and a tracking area code of one or more cells of the third base station.
A non-transitory computer-usable data carrier storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving at a first base station a first message from a user equipment, said first message being indicative of a neighboring second base station;
- the first base station sending a second message to the second base station;
- in response to the second message, receiving at the first base station a third message comprising information being indicative of at least a third base station, the third base station being a neighbor of the second base station,
- using information received with the third message for enabling communication between the first base station and the third base station, wherein the third message comprises a cell identifier and a tracking area code of one or more cells of the third base station.
A base station for a mobile cellular digital telecommunication network comprising:
- a base station discovery component being operable to receive a first message being indicative of a neighboring second base station, send a second message to the second base station, and in response to the second message, receive a third message being indicative of at least a third base station, the third base station being a neighbour of the second base station,
- a processing component being operable to use information received with the third message to enable communication between the first base station and the third base station, wherein the third message comprises a cell identifier and a tracking area code of one or more cells of the third base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.