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US 8,948,030 B2Granted
Transmitting node B load status information in a self organising network
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorsFrank Frederiksen, Klaus Ingemann Pedersen, Vinh Van Phan
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Abstract
The application relates to wireless transmission of load status information for load balancing among Home Node Bs (HNB) or Local Area Node Bs (LNB) for which an X2 interface is not available. In particular, an LNB may pretend to be a user equipment with a specific predefined user equipment ID value. A neighboring LNB which receives a data packet with this user equipment ID value knows that the data packet contains load information monitored, by a neighboring LNB.
Claims34
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one data processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- determine for the apparatus at least one spectrum load characteristic, the apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node;
- and
- transmit wirelessly the at least one spectrum load characteristic to a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being transmitted within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one data processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- receive at the apparatus, said apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node, at least one spectrum load characteristic determined by a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being received within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value;
- and
- configure the apparatus dependent on the at least one received spectrum load characteristic,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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A method comprising:
- determining for an apparatus at least one spectrum load characteristic, the apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node;
- and
- transmitting the at least one spectrum load characteristic from the apparatus to a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node,
- wherein the step of transmitting transmits the at least one spectrum load characteristic within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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A method comprising:
- receiving at an apparatus, said apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node, at least one spectrum load characteristic determined by a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being received within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value;
- and
- configuring the apparatus dependent on the at least one received spectrum load characteristic,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing a method comprising:
- determining for an apparatus at least one spectrum load characteristic, the apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node;
- and
- transmitting the at least one spectrum load characteristic from the apparatus to a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node,
- wherein the step of the method of transmitting transmits the at least one spectrum load characteristic within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing a method comprising:
- receiving at an apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node at least one spectrum load characteristic determined by a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being received within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value;
- and
- configuring the apparatus dependent on the at least one received spectrum load characteristic,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for determining for the apparatus at least one spectrum load characteristic, the apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node;
- and
- means for transmitting wirelessly the at least one spectrum load characteristic to a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being transmitted within a message that comprises a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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An apparatus comprising;
- means for receiving at the apparatus comprising a first wireless network access node at least one spectrum load characteristic determined by a further apparatus that comprises at least one second wireless network access node, the at least one spectrum load characteristic being received within a message comprising a pre-determined user equipment identifier value such that the message is indicated as originating from a user equipment having the pre-determined user equipment identifier value;
- and
- means for configuring the apparatus dependent on the at least one received spectrum load characteristic,
- wherein said first wireless network access node and said second wireless network access node do not communicate with one another using an X2 interface, and wherein said first wireless network access node is not a user equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.