Base Station System Performance Measurement System in a GSM Radio Communication Network

• US 20110014925A1
• Filed: 11/03/2006
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Hratska D O O (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile Hratska D O O (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Davor, Udier, Jakic, Ljubo, Antic, Mario, Borkovic, Boris
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/452.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/06 Hybrid resource partitioning, e.g. channel borrowing

Abstract

The invention relates to a system an a method for self optimizing a radio communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, the system means for monitoring the network resource consumption and quality parameters individually for each cell, and means for distributing the network traffic dynamically between neighboring radio cells in order to maintain satisfactory quality of service in each radio cell.

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9. System for self optimizing a radio communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, the system comprising:

means for monitoring the network resource consumption and quality parameters individually for each cell, and means for distributing the network traffic dynamically between neighboring radio cells in order to maintain satisfactory quality of service in each radio cell, characterized in that it is an extension system of an operation and maintenance center of a base station system, OMC-B, with interfaces to the OMC-B system and to assigned base station controllers, BSC, for completely automated measurement and data transfer of the performance measurement data, and that it comprises a database for compiling, processing and safekeeping performance measurement data received from OMC-B of the network radio cell sites, wherein the whole system is part of a Network Management Center, NMC, in order to collect performance and quality measurements, statistics and alarm reporting from all OMC-B servers in the network and provide complete network statistics.

10. Method for self optimizing a radio communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, the method comprising the steps of:

monitoring the network resource consumption and quality parameters individually for each cell, and distributing the network traffic dynamically between neighboring radio cells in order to maintain satisfactory quality of service in each radio cell characterized in the steps of extending an operation and maintenance center of a base station system, OMC-B, with a performance measurement system with interfaces to the OMC-B system and to assigned base station controllers, BSC, monitoring the network resource consumption and quality parameters on a daily basis, and automatically collecting, decoding and processing performance measurement data from the OMC-B systems as well as from base station controllers, BSC, and storing them in a database, whereas these performance measurement data are combined with BSS alarms and network parameters extracted from actual databases in order to provide comprehensive information for quality reporting and optimization.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform steps self-optimizing a radio communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, the steps comprising the method set forth in claim 10.