BASE-STATION-TO-BASE-STATION GATEWAY AND RELATED DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a base-station-to-base-station gateway between a first base station and a second base station in a cellular communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving information from the first base station comprising;
a hostname of the first base station; and
a network address of the first base station; and
storing a mapping between the hostname and the network address.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a base-station-to-base-station (BS-BS) gateway in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular communication network and methods of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway receives information from a first base station which includes a hostname and a network address of the first base station. The BS-BS gateway then stores a mapping between the hostname and the network address. Thereafter, in one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway enables a second base station to address messages to the first base station using the hostname of the first base station. In this manner, changes in the network address of the first base station will not affect the ability of the second base station to address messages to the first base station. In some embodiments, the first base station is a low-power base station (LP-BS) and the second base station is a high-power base station (HP-BS).
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a base-station-to-base-station gateway between a first base station and a second base station in a cellular communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving information from the first base station comprising; a hostname of the first base station; and a network address of the first base station; and storing a mapping between the hostname and the network address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A base-station-to-base-station gateway configured for use between a first base station and a second base station in a cellular communication network comprising:
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a storage unit; a communication subsystem configured to communicatively couple base-station-to-base-station gateway to one or more of the first base station and the second base station; and a processing subsystem associated with the communication subsystem and the storage unit configured to; receive information from the first base station via the communication subsystem, the information comprising; a hostname of the first base station; and a network address of the first base station; and store a mapping between the hostname and the network address in the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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