AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF INTER-DOMAIN ACCESS TECHNOLOGY NEIGHBOR RELATIONS
First Claim
1. A method of operating an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) apparatus within a domain of access technologies, the method comprising:
- automatically configuring a neighbor relations map based on neighbor relations data from one or more reporting terminals, whereinthe neighbor relations data includes data onone or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of another non-domain cell, and/orone or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a domain cell, and/orone or more domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a non-domain cell, andinformation maintained in the neighbor relations map includeextra-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between a domain cell and its extra-domain neighbor and vice versa, and/ornon-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between two non-domain neighbors.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to automatically configuring a map of inter-access technology neighbor relations. In this neighbor relations map configured by an ANDSF, relationships between neighboring cells of differing access networks of the same or different access technologies are maintained including extra-domain and non-domain neighbor relationships. A domain refers to a domain of one or more access technologies in which ANDSF is not required for intra-domain access selection and discovery. ANDSF configures the map based on neighbor relations data reports from wireless terminals, which record the neighbor relations data as they perform extra-domain or non-domain handovers or reselections or as they scan their surroundings. ANDSF provides steering instructions to configure the neighbor relations data recording and reporting behaviors of the wireless terminals. ANDSF provides access network discovery and selection information, which indicates availability of non-domain accesses, and in some cases domain accesses, to wireless terminals based on their locations.
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1. A method of operating an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) apparatus within a domain of access technologies, the method comprising:
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automatically configuring a neighbor relations map based on neighbor relations data from one or more reporting terminals, wherein the neighbor relations data includes data on one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of another non-domain cell, and/or one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a domain cell, and/or one or more domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a non-domain cell, and information maintained in the neighbor relations map include extra-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between a domain cell and its extra-domain neighbor and vice versa, and/or non-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between two non-domain neighbors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) apparatus within a domain of access technologies, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit arranged to provide steering instructions to one or more reporting terminals and receive neighbor relations data from the reporting terminals; and a processing unit arranged to form the steering instructions and automatically configure a neighbor relations map based on the neighbor relations data from the reporting terminals, wherein the steering instructions specify neighbor relations data recording and reporting behaviors of the reporting terminals, the neighbor relations data includes data on one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of another non-domain cell, and/or one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a domain cell, and/or one or more domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a non-domain cell, and information maintained in the neighbor relations map include extra-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between a domain cell and its extra-domain neighbor and vice versa, and/or non-domain neighbor relations each of which is a neighbor relation between two non-domain neighbors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33)
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30. A method of operating a wireless terminal, the method comprising:
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reporting neighbor relations data to an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) apparatus operating within a domain of access technologies based on steering instructions from the ANDSF apparatus, wherein the steering instructions specifies neighbor relations data recording and reporting behavior of the wireless terminal, and the neighbor relations data includes data on one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of another non-domain cell, and/or one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a domain cell, and/or one or more domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a non-domain cell. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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a communication unit arranged to receive steering instructions from an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) apparatus operating within a domain of access technologies, the steering instructions specifying neighbor relations data recording and reporting behavior of the wireless terminal, collect the neighbor relations data through performing an inter-access transition or scanning a surrounding of the wireless terminal, where inter-access transition is a handover or movement in idle mode between a cell in the domain and a cell not in the domain or a handover or movement in idle mode between two cells not in the domain, and report the neighbor relations data to the ANDSF apparatus consistent with the steering instructions, and a processing unit arranged to record the collected neighbor relations data into a storage unit consistent with the steering instructions prior to being reported by the communication unit, wherein the neighbor relations data includes data on one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of another non-domain cell, and/or one or more non-domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a domain cell, and/or one or more domain cells each of which is a neighbor of a non-domain cell, and the data on each cell in the neighbor relations data includes at least an access technology and a global cell identity, the data on each cell further including zero or more of the following;
a physical cell identity, carrier frequency, carrier bandwidth, registration area identity, network identity, operator identity, cell specific configuration, success/failure of handover or movement in idle mode, and location. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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