Device and method for QOS based cell capacity dimensioning
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for monitoring QoS criteria of Traffic classes of at least one cell in a telecommunication syste, comprising means for setting thresholds, means for monitoring the traffic with regard to the trhresholds for the at least two different traffic classes, and means for adapting the traffic handling capacity of the monitored cell depending on the monitoring result. The monitored traffic classes preferably include circuit-switched traffic and packet-switched traffic, and/or realtime and non-realtime packet-switched traffic. Thresholds are preferably set and monitored for rate of call attempt blocking, and/or data throughput, and/or service blocking.
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23. Method for monitoring QoS criteria of at least two different traffic classes in at least one cell in a telecommunication system, wherein thresholds are set and monitored, and the traffic handling capacity of the monitored cell is adapted, by reallocating capacity between different traffic classes, depending on the monitoring result so as to avoid violation of the thresholds,
wherein the transceiver capacity of the cell is increased when rearranging of the existing traffic handling capacity allocation to the traffic classes is unable to avoid violation of at least one of the thresholds.
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33. System for monitoring QoS criteria of at least two different traffic classes of at least one cell in a telecommunication system, comprising means for setting thresholds, means for monitoring the traffic with regard to the thresholds, and means for adapting the traffic handling capacity of the monitored cell, by reallocating capacity between different traffic classes, depending on the monitoring result, so as to avoid violation of the thresholds,
wherein the system is adapted to increase the transceiver capacity of the cell when rearranging of the existing traffic handling capacity allocation to the traffic classes is unable to avoid violation of at least one of the thresholds.
- 43. Device for performing a threshold monitoring and cell capacity adaptation, in particular for a method according to any one of the preceding method claims, or for a system as defined in any one of the preceding system claims, comprising means for monitoring traffic in at least one cell of a communication network with regard to thresholds, and means for adapting the traffic handling capacity of the monitored cell, by reallocating capacity between different traffic classes, depending on the monitoring result, wherein the transceiver capacity of the cell is increased when rearranging of the existing traffic handling capacity allocation to the traffic classes is unable to avoid violation of at least one of the thresholds.
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