METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING RADIO ACCESS POINTS
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Abstract
The invention facilitates the implementation of clusters of small cells or radio heads or Home Node Bs (HNB) (102, 103, 104) managed by a local standard-Iuh enterprise gateway, connected to a standard release 8/9 HNB-GW. The enterprise gateway sends an HNB Registration Request corresponding to each small cell or radio head that it manages to a Home Node B Gateway over the standard Iuh interface, thereby presenting a single logical interface to the Home Node B Gateway (HNB-GW) that appears to the HNB-GW as a collection of Iuh-standard HNBs. This provides the enterprise gateway with a set of call processing and radio resources that it can implement as it wishes, but using standard messaging to control the HNBGW'"'"'s view of those resources. A further advantage of the invention is the ability to permit hand-in of a user equipment from a macrocell to a small cell.
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- 13. An enterprise gateway device for managing a plurality of radio access points in a small cell wireless communications network wherein the enterprise gateway device includes a memory configured to store an identification parameter of each of said plurality of radio access points, and a signal processing module configured to send a registration request in respect of each of the plurality of radio access points to a gateway device over a standard Iuh interface, thereby presenting a single logical interface to the gateway device that appears as a collection of Iuh-standard Home Node Bs.
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19. A method for managing a plurality of radio access points in a small cell wireless communications network wherein the method comprises;
- in an enterprise gateway device;
storing an identification parameter of each of said plurality of radio access points; and sending a registration request in respect of each of the plurality of radio access points to a gateway device over a standard Iuh interface, thereby presenting a single logical interface to the gateway device that appears as a collection of Iuh-standard Home Node Bs. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
- in an enterprise gateway device;
- 23. A wireless communication system comprising an enterprise gateway device for managing a plurality of radio access points in a small cell wireless communications network wherein the enterprise gateway device includes a memory configured to store an identification parameter of each of said plurality of radio access points, and a signal processing module configured to send a registration request in respect of each of the plurality of radio access points to a gateway device over a standard Iuh interface, thereby presenting a single logical interface to the gateway device that appears as a collection of Iuh-standard Home Node Bs.
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