Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorStefan Engström
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and arrangement in a telecommunication system, in particular to methods and arrangements for supporting maintenance activities of units in a telecommunication network.
Claims10
A method in a network unit providing communication services to user equipments in a telecommunication network that includes a plurality of interconnected network units, said method supporting maintenance activities of said network unit and comprising:
- indicating to neighboured network units a transit to or from a maintenance state during which said network unit is not operable for providing said communication services;
- and
- suppressing, for a time specified for such maintenance activities, a transit to the maintenance state, after having received such indication from one of said neighboured network units.
An arrangement in a network unit providing communication services to user equipments in a telecommunication network, said telecommunication network including a plurality of interconnected network units, and said arrangement supporting maintenance activities at said network unit and comprising first electronic circuitry that is configured to:
- provide a maintenance indication message to be transmitted to neighboured network units after having received an indication to start a maintenance activity;
- await a maintenance acceptance message from said neighboured network units;
- indicate to turn off service provision and perform said maintenance activities;
- and
- provide a maintenance completed message after said maintenance activity, when ready for operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.