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Common radio resource management method in a multi-RAT cellular telephone network

  • US 20050026616A1
  • Filed: 07/07/2004
  • Published: 02/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Common radio resource management method (CRRM) in a mobile radio communication network employing different radio access technologies (UTRAN, GERAN) that overlap over a geographic area subdivided into cells belonging to the domains of respective controllers (RNC, BSC) which are connected to each other in overlapping or adjacent domains and to a core network (CN) by means of relevant interfaces (Iu, Iur, A, Gb), suitable to be carried out for each controlled cell by the respective controller through the steps of:

  • a) starting from acquired information about Qos and throughput of all the active connections with the served mobile terminals (UE/MS), calculating traffic-related Information Elements, separately for uplink and downlink, needed to plan handovers and/or cell reselections;

    b) including said Information Elements in management messages forwarded to the controllers of different cells to the one in turn considered, either of the same or different technologies;

    c) checking said Information Elements coming from the other controllers (BSC, RNC) in order to decide either of issuing or preventing handovers and/or cell reselection commands towards a neighbouring cell;

    characterised in that said traffic-related Information Elements include indications of the availability of bearer services in the cell in terms of maximum bitrate, either guaranteed or not guaranteed, that can currently be allowed to each bearer service.

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