Gateway apparatus and system

• US 10,277,458 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Aoki, Yuta, Yamano, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US15/703,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20180006879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 455449
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/32 Hierarchical cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers

Abstract

A gateway apparatus including a first inter-device interface configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus; a second inter-device interface configured to communicate with multiple subordinate base station apparatuses; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to generate first configuration information when second configuration information is received from the monitoring apparatus via the first inter-device interface. The processor generates the first configuration information by performing protocol conversion of converting the second configuration information into a format adapted to the second inter-device interface for the multiple base station apparatuses. The processor is further configured to transmit the generated first configuration information to the multiple base station apparatuses via the second inter-device interface, and divide the multiple base station apparatuses into predetermined groups. The processor transmits the first configuration information to the multiple base station apparatuses at a different timing for each of the groups.

Claims

1. A gateway apparatus comprising:

a first inter-device interface configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus;

a second inter-device interface configured to communicate with a plurality of subordinate base station apparatuses;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to;

generate first configuration information when second configuration information is received from the monitoring apparatus via the first inter-device interface, the processor generating the first configuration information by performing protocol conversion of converting the second configuration information into a format adapted to the second inter-device interface for the plurality of base station apparatuses;

divide the plurality of base station apparatuses into predetermined groups; and

transmit the generated first configuration information to the plurality of base station apparatuses via the second inter-device interface,

at a different timing for each of the groups based on an offset value corresponding to a count of the groups; and

wherein the count of the groups corresponds to a number of the base station apparatuses accommodated as subordinates or a processing load state of the gateway apparatus.

2. The gateway apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first inter-device interface is a monitoring interface,

the second inter-device interface is a call control interface, and

the second configuration information for the plurality of base station apparatuses is received by establishing a connection to the monitoring apparatus one time via the monitoring interface.

3. The gateway apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor, when receiving from the plurality of base station apparatuses, response information of a configuration state based on the first configuration information, transmits collectively to the monitoring apparatus, the response information from the plurality of base station apparatuses.

4. The gateway apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further configured to determine whether information received from the monitoring apparatus is the second configuration information, and

the processor performs the protocol conversion for the second configuration information and transmits the converted first configuration information to the plurality of base station apparatuses, when the information received from the monitoring apparatus is the second configuration information.

5. A system comprising:

a monitoring apparatus;

a gateway apparatus; and

a plurality of base stations apparatuses connected to the monitoring apparatus via the gateway apparatus, wherein;

the monitoring apparatus transmits second configuration information for the plurality of base stations apparatuses via a first inter-device interface configured to communicate with the gateway apparatus;

the gateway apparatus has a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to generate first configuration information when the second configuration information is received from the monitoring apparatus, the processor generating the first configuration information by performing protocol conversion of converting the second configuration information into a format adapted to a second inter-device interface for the plurality of base station apparatuses;

the processor is configured to;

divide the plurality of base station apparatuses into predetermined groups, and transmit the generated first configuration information to the plurality of base station apparatuses via the second inter-device interface

at a different timing for each of the groups based on an offset value corresponding to a count of the groups;

the count of the groups corresponds to a number of the base station apparatuses accommodated as subordinates or a processing load state of the gateway apparatus.