Method and system for operating a mobile communication network

• US 20060148466A1
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Evolium SAS (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Brigant, Eric, Landrault, Antoine, Houllier, Jean-Roch, De Mathan, Beatrix, Brethereau, Alain
• Granted Patent: US 8,081,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

A method of operating a mobile communication network includes defining at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects also referred to as an object zone, constructing at least one object zone from network objects satisfying said at least one criterion and performing at least one radio network optimization operation using said at least one object zone constructed in this way.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile communication network, said method including steps of:

defining at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects, said group also being referred to as an object zone,

constructing at least one object zone from network objects satisfying said at least one criterion, and

performing at least one radio network optimization operation using said at least one object zone constructed in this way.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said criterion of inclusion is such that all the objects of the same object zone are objects of the same type.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said criterion of inclusion is such that all the objects of the same object zone are objects of different types.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein one object type is a cell.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein one object type is a network element.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein one object type is a set of network elements.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein one object type is a relation of adjacency between cells.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said construction step is effected dynamically.

9. An operating system for a mobile communication network, said system comprising:

means for defining at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects, said group also being referred to as an object zone,

means for constructing at least one object zone from network objects satisfying said at least one criterion, and

means for performing at least one radio network optimization operation using said at least one object zone constructed in this way.

10. A workstation for operating a mobile communication network, said workstation comprising means enabling the user to define at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects, said group being also referred to as an object zone.

11. A workstation for operating a mobile communication network, said workstation comprising means enabling the user to perform at least one radio network optimization operation using a group of network objects satisfying at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects, said group also being referred to as an object zone.