BORDER OPTIMIZATION IN LSA

• US 20170180998A1
• Filed: 02/06/2014
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Halfmann, Ruediger, Perez, Eva, Markwart, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 10,194,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks

Abstract

It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller; identifying, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller; informing the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border.

Claims

1. -50. (canceled)

51. Apparatus, comprising at least one processor;

and at least memory including computer program code,

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

monitor if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller;

identify, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller;

inform the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border.

52. The apparatus according to claim 51, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

identify the second controller based on information on the shared resource stored in a data repository, wherein the information includes information on the rule; and

the apparatus comprises

monitor if a first proposal for an optimized rule is received from one of the first controller and the second controller;

monitor if a confirmation of the first proposal is received from the other one of the first controller and the second controller; and

store, if the confirmation is received, the first proposal in the data repository as information on the rule.

53. The apparatus according to claim 52, further comprising the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

forward the first proposal for the optimized rule received from the one of the first controller and the second controller to the other one of the first and second controller; and

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

be prevented from considering that the confirmation is received if the confirmation is not received in response to the forwarding of the first proposal.

54. The apparatus according to claim 53, further comprising the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

supervise if the first proposal matches a first predefined rule; and

prevent the forwarding of the first proposal if the first proposal does not match the first predefined rule.

55. The apparatus according to claim 52, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to

consider that the confirmation is received if

a second proposal for the optimized rule is received from the other one of the first controller and the second controller from which the first proposal is received, and

the second proposal corresponds to the first proposal.

56. The apparatus according to claim 52, further comprising the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

supervise if the first proposal matches a second predefined rule; and

at least one of

prevent the storing of the first proposal if the first proposal does not match the second predefined rule, and

provide an agreement information to at least one of the first controller and the second controller if the first proposal matches the second predefined rule.

57. The apparatus according to claim 51, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

inform first the second controller on the request;

monitor if a negotiation acceptance is received from the second controller in response to being informed on the request;

wherein inform the second controller on at least one of the rule and the part of the border only if the negotiation acceptance is received.

58. The apparatus according to claim 51, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least one of to

inform the second controller on an identification of the first controller;

and

inform the first controller on an identification of the second controller.

59. Apparatus, comprising at least one processor;

and at least memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

control a shared resource according to a rule affecting at least a part of a border of the shared resource;

request, from a repository device, an optimization of the rule;

monitor if an acceptance is received in response to the request;

negotiate, if the acceptance is received, on the optimization of the rule to obtain an optimized rule; and

control the shared resource according to the optimized rule.

60. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

provide a provided proposal for the optimized rule;

monitor if a providing acceptance for the provided proposal is received; and

convert the provided proposal into the optimized rule if the providing acceptance is received.

61. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

check if a received proposal for the optimized rule is acceptable;

provide, if the received proposal is acceptable, a receiving acceptance; and

convert the received proposal into the optimized rule if the received proposal is acceptable.

62. The apparatus according to claim 61, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to

provide the provided proposal in response to the receiving of the received proposal if the received proposal is not acceptable.

63. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to at least one of:

negotiate directly with a control device different from the repository device; and

negotiate with a control device different from the repository device via the repository device.

64. The apparatus according to claim 59, further comprising the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

check if an agreement of the optimized rule is received from the repository device; and

prevent the controlling of the shared resource according to the optimized rule if the agreement is not received.

65. Apparatus, comprising at least one processor;

and at least memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

control a shared resource according to a rule affecting at least a part of a border of the shared resource;

monitor if a request for an optimization of the border of the shared resource is received;

check if the request is acceptable;

receive an information on the rule and on at least a part of the border to which the optimization of the rule is related;

negotiate, if the request is acceptable, on the optimization of the rule to obtain an optimized rule;

wherein

control the shared resource according to the optimized rule.

66. The apparatus according to claim 65, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

provide a provided proposal for the optimized rule;

monitor if a providing acceptance for the provided proposal is received; and

convert the provided proposal into the optimized rule if the providing acceptance is received.

67. The apparatus according to claim 65, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

check if a received proposal for the optimized rule is acceptable;

provide, if the received proposal is acceptable, a receiving acceptance; and

convert the received proposal into the optimized rule if the received proposal is acceptable.

68. The apparatus according to claim 67, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

provide the provided proposal in response to the receiving of the received proposal if the received proposal is not acceptable.

69. The apparatus according to claim 65, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive the information on at least one of the rule and the part of the border only if the request is acceptable.

70. The apparatus according to claim 65, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

monitor if the request is received from a repository device; and

negotiate directly with a control device different from the repository device, wherein an identification of the control device is received from the repository device.