IP Library Patent Application 16302707
Patent Application
App. No. 16/302,707

COMMUNICATION NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING PAGING TO A USER COMMUNICATION DEVICE

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16/302,707
Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication network device and to a method, both configured to determine a communication network cell group in a communication network for executing paging to a user communication device, wherein the communication network cell group is determined by use of a neighbour cell measurement provided by the user communication device. The present invention relates also to a correspondingly arranged computer program product and to a correspondingly arranged computer-readable recording medium.

Claims (36)

1 . A communication network device, wherein the communication network device is configured to determine a communication network cell group in a communication network for executing paging to a user communication device, wherein the communication network cell group is determined by use of a neighbour cell measurement provided by the user communication device.

2 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the use of at least one neighbour cell measurement comprises adding, to the communication network cell group, neighbour cells of the at least one neighbour cell measurement.

3 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to determine a communication network cell group by adding, to the communication network cell group, a communication network cell, which meets at least one of the following:

is present in a previously executed paging event history as a communication network cell in which at least one or a predetermined number of paging events to the user communication device succeeded;

represents a communication network cell, in which the user communication device is expected according to a history of mobility of the user communication device;

a distance from the communication network cell to a last cell, via which the user communication device was most recently reachable, is smaller than a predetermined maximum distance threshold, if the user communication device is a stationary device;

the distance from the communication network cell to the last cell is larger than a predetermined minimum distance threshold, if the user communication device is a non-stationary device;

overlaps with an estimated location of the user communication device.

4 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to rank communication network cells of the communication network cell group.

5 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to rank communication network cells of the communication network cell group according to at least one of the following:

the at least one neighbour cell measurement provided by the user communication device;

the previously executed paging event history;

the history of mobility of the user communication device;

the distance to the last cell;

a presence of an overlap with the estimated location of the user communication device.

6 . The communication network device according to claim 4 , wherein:

the at least one neighbour cell measurement comprises for each neighbour cell of the neighbour cell group at least one of the following:

a signal strength of signals of the user communication device in the corresponding neighbour cell, and/or

a measured signal quality of signals of the user communication device in the corresponding neighbour cell; and

the communication network device is configured to rank communication network cells of the communication network cell group according to one of the following:

the corresponding signal strength, and/or

the corresponding signal quality.

7 . The communication device according to claim 6 , wherein:

a communication network cell of the communication network cell group with a signal strength, which is higher than a further signal strength of a further communication network cell of the communication network cell group, receives a higher ranking than the further communication network cell; and/or

a communication network cell of the communication network cell group with a signal quality, which is higher than a further signal quality of a further communication network cell of the communication network cell group, receives a higher ranking than the further communication network cell.

8 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to start the paging to the user communication device in a communication network cell of the communication network cell group, which has the highest ranking in the communication network cell group.

9 . The communication network device according to claim 8 , wherein, if the paging in the communication network cell of the communication network cell group fails, the communication network device is configured to continue the paging to the user communication device in a further communication network cell of the communication network cell group, which has the next lower ranking in the communication network cell group.

10 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to receive the at least one neighbour cell measurement from the user communication device.

11 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication network device is configured to determine a communication network cell group by selecting communication network cells from a cell cluster of the communication network and/or from a tracking area of the communication network, said tracking area comprising a plurality of communication network cells.

12 . The communication network device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the paging is a radio access network based paging;

the communication network is a long-term evolution network or a communication network that is based on a long-term evolution network architecture; and/or

the communication network device is a base station or an evolved Node B.

13 . A method, wherein the method comprises determining of a communication network cell group in a communication network for executing paging to a user communication device, wherein the communication network cell group is determined by use of at least one neighbour cell measurement provided by the user communication device.

14 . A computer program product comprising computer readable program code that is configured to cause a computing device to execute steps of method of claim 13 .

15 . A computer-readable recording medium configured to store therein a computer program product, which comprises a computer readable program code that is configured to cause a computing device to execute steps of method of claim 13 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048691/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: NORD, LARS; BERGGREN, ANDERS
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 047619/0279 →