Inter-RAT coverage determination for energy saving management
First Claim
1. An apparatus to be employed as an integration reference point (IRP) manager in a Network Manager (NM), the apparatus comprising:
- processor circuitry coupled with memory circuitry, wherein;
the memory circuitry is to store an information object class (IOC), the IOC to contain radio network-related parameters for a neighbor cell relation (NR) between a source cell and another cell, and wherein the IOC comprises an adjacent cell (adjacentCell) attribute and an energy-saving coverage (IsEScoveredBy) attribute; and
the processor circuitry is to configure a value for the IsEScoveredBy attribute in the IOC, wherein the value is to indicate whether the other cell indicated by the adjacentCell attribute provides no, partial, or full Inter-radio access technology (RAT) coverage for the source cell when the source cell is about to be transferred to an energy saving state.
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and techniques are described for determining inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) coverage for energy saving management (ESM). In some embodiments, a network management (NM) apparatus may determine that a source cell of a network of a first RAT is triggered to activate an energy saving state and that the source cell is partially overlapped by each of a plurality of cells of one or more networks of one or more RATs different from the first RAT. The NM apparatus may instruct the source cell to activate the energy saving state when a combination of the plurality of cells provides coverage of the source cell. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus to be employed as an integration reference point (IRP) manager in a Network Manager (NM), the apparatus comprising:
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processor circuitry coupled with memory circuitry, wherein; the memory circuitry is to store an information object class (IOC), the IOC to contain radio network-related parameters for a neighbor cell relation (NR) between a source cell and another cell, and wherein the IOC comprises an adjacent cell (adjacentCell) attribute and an energy-saving coverage (IsEScoveredBy) attribute; and the processor circuitry is to configure a value for the IsEScoveredBy attribute in the IOC, wherein the value is to indicate whether the other cell indicated by the adjacentCell attribute provides no, partial, or full Inter-radio access technology (RAT) coverage for the source cell when the source cell is about to be transferred to an energy saving state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a network manager (NM) is to cause the NM to:
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operate an integration reference point (IRP) manager to configure a value for an energy-saving coverage (IsEScoveredBy) attribute in an information object class (IOC) for a neighbor cell relation (NR) instance, the IOC also including an adjacent cell (adjacentCell) attribute that indicates an adjacent cell of the NR from a source cell to the adjacent cell, wherein the value is to indicate whether the adjacent cell indicated by the adjacentCell attribute of the IOC is to provide no, partial, or full Inter-radio access technology (RAT) coverage for the source cell, whose name contains the NR instance when the source cell is to enter an energy savings state; and operate the IRP manager to control transmision of the configured value to an IRP Agent that controls the source cell. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus to be employed as an integration reference point (IRP) agent in an evolved node B (eNB), the apparatus comprising:
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processor circuitry coupled with memory circuitry and network interface circuitry, wherein; the network interface circuitry is to receive one or more messages from an IRP manager of a network manager (NM), wherein the one or more messages are to include a configuration of an information object class (IOC), the IOC to contain radio network-related parameters for a neighbor cell relation (NR) between a source cell and another cell, and wherein the IOC comprises an adjacent cell (adjacentCell) attribute and an energy-saving coverage (IsEScoveredBy) attribute; and the processor circuitry is to control storage of the configuration of the IOC in the memory circuitry, wherein a value for the IsEScoveredBy attribute is to indicate whether the other cell indicated by the adjacentCell attribute provides no, partial, or full Inter-radio access technology (RAT) coverage for the source cell when the source cell is about to be transferred to an energy saving state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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