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US 8,942,111 B2Granted
Network configuration
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorKimmo Kujala
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for setting configuration parameters for a communication network. Performance data is periodically obtained, the performance data including information concerning performance at least in some part of said communication network. On the basis of said performance data, an appropriate set of configuration parameters is automatically chosen for at least one network element of the communication network amongst at least two predefined sets of configuration parameters. The chosen appropriate set of configuration parameters is automatically provided for use in said at least one network element, if said appropriate set is not already in use in said at least one network element.
Claims17
A method comprising
- maintaining, in a database, information about performance and about configuration parameters, which are currently in use, for a plurality of network elements of a communication network;
- entering an idle state for a period of time;
- periodically and based on exiting said idle state obtaining performance data based on the information maintained in the database, by a processor, the performance data comprising information concerning performance at least in some part of the communication network;
- automatically choosing, by a processor, on the basis of said performance data and based on the information maintained in the database, a set of configuration parameters for at least one network element of the communication network amongst at least two predefined sets of configuration parameters,
- such that a validity for use in the communication network of each set of configuration parameters in the predefined sets of configuration parameters has been confirmed beforehand,
- wherein a predefined set of configuration parameters comprises at least one of the following:
- transmit power level for a base station, setting for antenna tilt, frequency channels, cell reselection thresholds, QoS settings, handover control parameters, and GPRS territory,
- such that choosing is performed on the basis of at least one rule,
- such that a rule defines conditions for the performance data and a corresponding set of configuration parameters, such that in response to the obtained performance data matching the conditions of the rule, the set of configuration parameters corresponding to that rule is chosen;
- determining whether the chosen set of configuration parameters is in use in said at least one network element;
- automatically providing the chosen set of configuration parameters for use in said at least one network element, in response to determining that said set of configuration parameters is not already in use in said at least one network element;
- and
- obtaining said performance data on demand, directly from one or more network elements of said communication network.
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An apparatus comprising a memory that stores computer program code, a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute the computer program code:
- to maintain, in a database, information about performance and about configuration parameters, which are currently in use, for a plurality of network elements of a communication network;
- to enter an idle state for a period of time;
- to periodically and based on exiting said idle state obtain performance data based on the information maintained in the database, the performance data comprising information concerning performance at least in some part of the communication network;
- to automatically choose, on the basis of said performance data and based on the information maintained in the database, a set of configuration parameters for at least one network element of the communication network amongst at least two predefined sets of configuration parameters,
- such that a validity for use in the communication network of each set of configuration parameters in the predefined sets of configuration parameters has been confirmed beforehand,
- wherein a predefined set of configuration parameters comprises at least one of the following:
- transmit power level for a base station, setting for antenna tilt, frequency channels, cell reselection thresholds, QoS settings, handover control parameters, and GPRS territory,
- such that the processor is further configured to choose on the basis of at least one rule,
- such that a rule defines certain conditions for the performance data and a corresponding set of configuration parameters, such that in response to the obtained performance data matching the conditions of the rule, the set of configuration parameters corresponding to that rule is chosen;
- to determine whether the chosen set of configuration parameters is in use in said at least one network element;
- to automatically provide the chosen set of configuration parameters for use in said at least one network element, in response to determining that said set is not already in use in said at least one network element;
- and
- to obtain said performance data on demand, directly from one or more network elements of said communication network.
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An apparatus comprising a memory including computer readable code, and a processor configured to execute the computer readable code to cause the apparatus to perform:
- maintaining, in a database, information about performance and about configuration parameters, which are currently in use, for a plurality of network elements of a communication network;
- entering an idle state for a period of time;
- periodically and based on exiting said idle state obtaining performance data based on the information maintained in the database, the performance data comprising information concerning performance at least in some part of the communication network;
- automatically choosing, on the basis of said performance data and based on the information maintained in the database, an set of configuration parameters for at least one network element of the communication network amongst at least two predefined sets of configuration parameters,
- such that a validity for use in the communication network of each set of configuration parameters in the predefined sets of configuration parameters has been confirmed beforehand,
- wherein a predefined set of configuration parameters comprises at least one of the following:
- transmit power level for a base station, setting for antenna tilt, frequency channels, cell reselection thresholds, QoS settings, handover control parameters, and GPRS territory,
- such that the automatically choosing is performed by choosing on the basis of at least one rule,
- such that a rule defines certain conditions for the performance data and a corresponding set of configuration parameters, such that in response to the obtained performance data matching the conditions of the rule, the set of configuration parameters corresponding to that rule is chosen;
- determining whether the chosen set of configuration parameters is in use in said at least one network element;
- automatically providing the chosen set of configuration parameters for use in said at least one network element, in response to determining that said set is not already in use in said at least one network element;
- and
- obtaining said performance data on demand, directly from one or more network elements of said communication network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.