IP Library Granted Patent US 8,862,144
Granted Patent B2
US 8,862,144 · App. 13/704,796 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Method for managing a wireless telecommunication network

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Patent No.
US 8,862,144
App. No.
13/704,796
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for managing cells ( 100 i, 100 j ) of a telecommunication network ( 102 ), said cells ( 100 i, 100 j ) being supported by radio base stations ( 104 i, 104 j ) aimed to provide wireless communication support to mobile terminals (( 106 i ) connected to said communication network ( 102 ), each radio base station ( 104 i, 104 j ) being linked to a core ( 108 ) of the telecommunication network through an associated backhaul ( 105 i, 104 j ), characterized in that it comprises the step of managing dynamically communications resources of the telecommunication base stations by considering a dynamical backhaul quality BQ parameter for each base station ( 104 i, 104 j ) and comparing different backhaul quality BQ parameters of different base stations ( 104 i, 104 j ) in order to optimize the communication resources operations of the telecommunication network ( 102 ).

Claims (12)

1. Method for managing cells of a telecommunication network, said cells being supported by radio base stations aimed to provide wireless communication support to mobile terminals connected to said communication network, each radio base station being linked to a core of the telecommunication network through an associated backhaul, wherein the method comprises dynamically distributing communications resources among the telecommunication base stations by considering a dynamical backhaul quality BQ parameter for each base station and comparing different backhaul quality BQ parameters of different base stations in order to optimize the communication resources operations of the telecommunication network.

2. Method according to claim 1 wherein each cell is a small cell that does not cover an area which extends further than 400 meters from the base station.

3. Method according to claim 1 wherein the communications resources are managed by setting a neighboring cell list NCL for each base station which takes into account the dynamical backhauling quality BQ parameter of the neighboring cells considered into said list.

4. Method according to claim 3 wherein the backhauling quality parameter is considered to set the neighboring cell list simultaneously to at least one of the following other parameters: a received signal quality, a minimum bandwidth radio parameter, a requirement of service parameter.

5. Method according to claim 4 wherein a score S is determined for each base station on the basis of a function F such as:

S=SQ×F (min( MB,BQ ), Quality of Service requirement)

where SQ is a signal quality parameter, and wherein the score of each base station considers the data rate transmission limit fixed by either the wireless part or the backhauling part of the considered base station.

6. Method according to claim 5 wherein the quality of service QS parameter is an indicator which varies according to the nature of the data to be transferred in a communication established by a terminal.

7. Method according to claim 1 wherein the communication resources are managed by setting the distribution of the network resources distribution between base stations by selecting radio ranges for each base station depending on the dynamic backhauling quality BQ parameter of each base station.

8. Method according to claim 7 wherein the radio ranges relate to frequencies allocated to a base station.

9. Radio base station aimed to provide wireless communication support to mobile terminals connected to a communication network based on cells, said radio base station being linked to a core of the telecommunication network through an associate backhaul, wherein the station comprises means to manage dynamically communications resources of the telecommunication base stations by considering a dynamical backhaul quality BQ parameter for each base station and comparing different backhaul quality BQ parameters of different base stations in order to optimize the communication resources operations of the telecommunication network following a method according to claim 1 .

10. Telecommunication network based on cells supported by radio base stations aimed to provide wireless communication support to mobile terminals connected to said communication network, each radio base station being linked to a core of the telecommunication network through an associate backhaul, wherein the network comprises means to manage dynamically communications resources of the telecommunication base stations by considering a dynamical backhaul quality parameter for each base station and comparing different backhaul quality BQ parameters of different base stations in order to optimize the communication following a method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2014
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 033868/0555 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 30, 2013
From: ALCATEL LUCENT
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG
Reel/Frame 029821/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2012
From: SAYADI, BESSEM; FEKI, AFEF
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 029481/0953 →