MULTIMODE BASE STATION
First Claim
1. A method of controlling admission of a user equipment to a cell of a multi-mode base station, the multi-mode base station configured to operate as a first cell and a second cell representing the same geographical node of the network, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a user equipment (UE) a cell access request for admission of the UE to the second cell;
consulting statistics of a history of past connections of the UE stored at a radio resource management entity of the second cell to determine an expected quality of service for the UE, the statistics including past behavior when the UE was connected to the first cell;
performing an evaluation comprising a prediction of suitability of the second cell based on the history statistics and independently of a quality of service requested by the UE; and
determining whether to admit the UE to the second cell based on both the requested quality of service and the second cell suitability prediction.
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Abstract
A method of controlling admission of a user equipment to a cell of a multi-mode base station, being a base station arranged to operate as a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells comprising at least a first cell and a second cell, and the method comprising: determining information relating to the first cell, and controlling admission of a user equipment to the second cell in dependence on the information relating to the first cell.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of controlling admission of a user equipment to a cell of a multi-mode base station, the multi-mode base station configured to operate as a first cell and a second cell representing the same geographical node of the network, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a user equipment (UE) a cell access request for admission of the UE to the second cell; consulting statistics of a history of past connections of the UE stored at a radio resource management entity of the second cell to determine an expected quality of service for the UE, the statistics including past behavior when the UE was connected to the first cell; performing an evaluation comprising a prediction of suitability of the second cell based on the history statistics and independently of a quality of service requested by the UE; and determining whether to admit the UE to the second cell based on both the requested quality of service and the second cell suitability prediction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A radio resource management entity operable in a multi-mode base station having a first cell and a second cell corresponding to a given geographical node of a wireless network, the radio resource management entity comprising a processor configured to:
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receive, from a user equipment (UE) a cell access request for admission of the UE to the second cell; determine statistics of a history of past connections of the UE available to a radio resource management entity of the second cell based upon information relevant to quality of service in the first cell being available to the radio resource management entity of the second cell; determine a prediction of performance of the UE in the first cell, the prediction of performance being based on the historical statistics and being independent of a requested quality of service; and determine whether to continue admitting the UE to the second cell based on the prediction of performance for the first cell and the requested quality of service, wherein the second cell has a different cell type or a different cell size relative to the first cell. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product embodied on a non-transient computer-readable medium, the computer program for controlling cell admission of a user equipment (UE) to a multi-mode base station having a first cell and a second cell representing a same geographical node of a wireless network, the computer program comprising program instructions arranged, upon execution by a processor of the multi-mode base station to cause the processor to:
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receive, from the UE, a cell access request for admission to the second cell; consult statistics stored at a radio resource management entity of the multi-mode base station, the statistics representing a history of past connections of the UE to the first cell relevant to an expected quality of service of the UE in the second cell; determine a predicted suitability of the second cell based on the historical statistics independently of considering if a requested quality of service condition is fulfilled; and determine whether to continue admitting the UE to the second cell based on the predicted suitability and based on a cell load of at least one of the first cell or the second cell, the cell load including a number of UEs currently serviced by the respective cell. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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