Outage compensation in a cellular network
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an outage of a network element in a cellular network using an outage database;
- the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;
first operating parameters describing an error free operation of the corresponding network element, outage detection rules indicating when an outage for the corresponding network element is present, outage compensation rules indicating how the outage of the corresponding network element should be compensated, the outage compensation rules including compensation parameters to be used by compensating network elements in order to compensate for the outage of one of the network elements;
the method comprising;
continuously receiving current operating parameters for a plurality of network elements;
updating the first operating parameters and the outage detection rules for the plurality of network elements taking into account the current operating parameters;
detecting an outage for one of the network elements by comparing the received current operating parameters to the outage detection rules for the one network element; and
in response to detecting an outage for the one network element;
determining and applying the outage compensation rules for the one network element, wherein applying the compensation rules comprises optimizing the compensation parameters in order to calculate optimized operating parameters for the compensating network elements used to compensate for the outage of the one network element;
evaluating the application of the compensation rules; and
storing, based on the evaluation, the optimized operating parameters in the compensation rules as starting parameters for a future optimization of the compensation parameters in case of an outage of the one network element.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method for controlling an outage of a network element (300) in a cellular network (40) using an outage database (130), the outage database containing for each of a plurality of the network elements (300) controlled by the cellular network at least the following network element dependent information: first operating parameters describing an error free operation of the corresponding network element, outage detection rules indicating when a outage for the corresponding network element is present, outage compensation rules indicating how the outage of the corresponding network element should be compensated, the outage compensation rules including compensation parameters to be used by compensating network elements (300b-300g) in order to compensate the outage of one of the network elements (300a). The method comprises the steps of: continuously receiving current operating parameters for a plurality of network elements (300), updating the first operating parameters and the outage detection rules for the plurality of network elements taking into account the current operating parameters, detecting an outage for one of the network elements by comparing the received current operating parameters to the outage detection rules for said one network element, wherein if an outage is detected for said one network element, determining and applying the outage compensation rules for said one network element (300a), wherein applying the compensation rules includes optimizing the compensation parameters in order to calculate optimized operating parameters for the compensating network elements (300b-300g) used to compensate for the outage of said one network element, evaluating the application of the compensation rules, and storing the optimized operating parameters in the compensation rules as starting parameters for a future optimization of the compensation parameters in case of an outage of said one network element in dependence on the evaluation.
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1. A method for controlling an outage of a network element in a cellular network using an outage database;
- the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;
first operating parameters describing an error free operation of the corresponding network element, outage detection rules indicating when an outage for the corresponding network element is present, outage compensation rules indicating how the outage of the corresponding network element should be compensated, the outage compensation rules including compensation parameters to be used by compensating network elements in order to compensate for the outage of one of the network elements;
the method comprising;continuously receiving current operating parameters for a plurality of network elements; updating the first operating parameters and the outage detection rules for the plurality of network elements taking into account the current operating parameters; detecting an outage for one of the network elements by comparing the received current operating parameters to the outage detection rules for the one network element; and in response to detecting an outage for the one network element; determining and applying the outage compensation rules for the one network element, wherein applying the compensation rules comprises optimizing the compensation parameters in order to calculate optimized operating parameters for the compensating network elements used to compensate for the outage of the one network element; evaluating the application of the compensation rules; and storing, based on the evaluation, the optimized operating parameters in the compensation rules as starting parameters for a future optimization of the compensation parameters in case of an outage of the one network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;
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9. An apparatus configured to control an outage of a network element in a cellular network, comprising:
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an outage database;
the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;first operating parameters describing an error free operation of the corresponding network element; outage detection rules indicating when an outage for the corresponding network element is present; outage compensation rules indicating how the outage of the corresponding network element should be compensated, the outage compensation rules including compensation parameters to be used by compensating network elements in order to compensate for the outage of one of the network elements; processing circuitry; memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the apparatus is operative to; continuously receive current operating parameters for a plurality of network elements; update the first operating parameters and the outage detection rules for the plurality of network elements taking into account the current operating parameters; detect an outage for one of the network elements by comparing the received current operating parameters to the outage detection rules for the one network element; in response to detecting an outage for the one network element; determine and apply the outage compensation rules for the one network element, wherein applying the outage compensation rules comprises optimizing the compensation parameters in order to calculate optimized operating parameters for the compensating network elements used to compensate for the outage of the one network element; evaluate the application of the compensation rules; and store the optimized operating parameters in the compensation rules as starting parameters for a future optimization of the compensation parameters based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program product for controlling an outage of a network element in a cellular network using an outage database;
- the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;
first operating parameters describing an error free operation of the corresponding network element, outage detection rules indicating when an outage for the corresponding network element is present, outage compensation rules indicating how the outage of the corresponding network element should be compensated, the outage compensation rules including compensation parameters to be used by compensating network elements in order to compensate for the outage of one of the network elements;
the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on processing circuitry of an entity the cellular network, cause the entity to;continuously receive current operating parameters for a plurality of network elements; update the first operating parameters and the outage detection rules for the plurality of network elements taking into account the current operating parameters; detect an outage for one of the network elements by comparing the received current operating parameters to the outage detection rules for the one network element; and in response to detecting an outage for the one network element; determine and apply the outage compensation rules for the one network element, wherein applying the compensation rules comprises optimizing the compensation parameters in order to calculate optimized operating parameters for the compensating network elements used to compensate for the outage of the one network element; evaluate the application of the compensation rules; and store, based on the evaluation, the optimized operating parameters in the compensation rules as starting parameters for a future optimization of the compensation parameters in case of an outage of the one network element. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- the outage database containing, for each of a plurality of the network elements controlled by the cellular network, at least the following network element dependent information;
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