IP Library Granted Patent US 9,955,475
Granted Patent B2
US 9,955,475 · App. 14/648,943 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Method, management method and system for performing cell combination on a plurality of small cells

Inventor: Jianming Zhan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W72/0426H04L5/0069H04W16/18H04W24/02H04W40/04H04W56/001H04W84/02H04W84/045H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,955,475
App. No.
14/648,943
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, management method and system for performing cell combination on a plurality of small cells are provided. In the combination method, a signal node (SN) receives position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN, and groups the small cells under a preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in a same group share a local cell serial number; a radio network connector (RNC) acquires all of the local cell serial numbers from the SN and maps each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number.

Claims (23)

1. A method for performing cell combination on a plurality of small cells, comprising:

receiving, by a signal node (SN), position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN, and grouping the small cells under a preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in a same group share a local cell serial number;

acquiring, by a radio network controller (RNC), all of the local cell serial numbers from the SN, and mapping each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number;

wherein the grouping the small cells under a preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in a same group share a local cell serial number comprises:

calculating a distance D between any two small cells according to the received position information, and when D≤2R+Δ assigning the two small cells with different local cell serial numbers; or

when D>2R+Δ assigning the two small cells with a same local cell serial number, wherein Δ is an adjustment parameter, Δϵ[0,R], R is a maximum coverage radius value of a single small cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by an SN, position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN comprises:

receiving, by the SN, position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN in one of the following transmission modes: wireless microwave, wireless local area network (WLAN) or wired Ethernet.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the grouping the small cells under a preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in a same group share a local cell serial number comprises:

grouping the small cells under the preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in the same group share the local cell serial number, and are isolated with each other in terms of space coverage.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring all of the local cell serial numbers from the SN comprises:

acquiring, by the RNC, all local cell serial numbers from the SN through an audit procedure.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mapping each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number comprises:

mapping each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number through a cell setup procedure, to form one-to-many mappings of the logical cell serial numbers to the local cell serial numbers.

6. A system for performing cell combination on a plurality of small cells, comprising:

a signal node (SN), configured to receive position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN, and to group the small cells under a preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that small cells in a same group share a local cell serial number;

a radio network controller (RNC), configured to acquire all of the local cell serial numbers from the SN, and to map each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number;

wherein the SN is configured to calculate a distance D between any two small cells according to the received position information, and when D≤2R+Δ the two small cells are assigned with different local cell serial numbers; or

when D>2R+Δ the two small cells are assigned with a same local cell serial number, wherein Δ is an adjustment parameter, Δϵ[0,R], R is a maximum coverage radius value of a single small cell.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the SN is configured to receive the position information sent from each small cell connected to the SN in one of the following transmission modes: wireless microwave, wireless local area network (WLAN) or wired Ethernet.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the SN is configured to group the small cells under the preset algorithm according to the received position information, such that the small cells in the same group share the local cell serial number, and are isolated with each other in terms of space coverage.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the RNC is configured to acquire all local cell serial numbers from the SN through an audit procedure.

10. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the RNC is configured to map each of the local cell serial numbers to a respective logical cell serial number through a cell setup procedure, to form one-to-many mappings of the logical cell serial numbers to the local cell serial numbers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2015
From: ZHAN, JIANMING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036200/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0523926 · Dec 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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