Method of Monitoring Cells in Wireless Communication Systems
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Abstract
A wireless communication network automatically tests itself for sleeping cells. This is done by designing the base stations to regularly act as a terminal, contact its neighboring base stations and as a mobile perform a set of typical traffic cases. From the outcome of the traffic cases the probing base station detects neighboring base stations that cannot carry traffic. The information about sleeping cells is subsequently communicated from the base station to the operation and maintenance system.
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22. A method for monitoring the performance of at least a second base station among a plurality of base stations in a cellular communications system, said method comprising:
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setting up a radio communication channel for communication between a first base station and the second base station; monitoring by the first base station the communication between the first and second base stations; initiating by the first base station a connection being set up between the first base station and a content server, through the second base station; and monitoring by the first base station the connection between the first base station and the content server. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A first base station for monitoring the performance of a second base station in a radio communication system, wherein said base station comprises:
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a radio transceiver; a controller, coupled to said transceiver, and adapted to initiate a procedure for setting up a radio communication channel with the second base station using said radio transceiver in response to a monitoring request, wherein said controller is further adapted to; monitor the setting up procedure; initiate a connection with a content server being set up through the second base station; and monitor the connection between said first base station and the content server. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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