Method for determining if a first cell managed by a first base station is neighbour of a second cell managed by a second base station

• US 8,073,445 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2006
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Voyer, Nicolas, Lavillonniere, Eric, Pautonnier-Perrot, Sophie
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shaheed, Khalid
• Application Number:
  US11/524,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20070087752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,902 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/436, 455/437, 455/442, 455/444, 455/446, 370/331, 370/329
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for determining neighboring condition and cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network. The first base station configures an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection. The invention concerns also the associated non-transitory computer readable storage medium including stored thereon a computer program for implementing a method for determining cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station.

Claims

1. A method for determining neighboring condition and cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network, the method comprising:

receiving, at the first base station and from the server, information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network, the information identifying the second base station being used for establishing a connection between the base stations;

establishing a direct connection between the first base station and the second base station based on the information identifying the second base station received at the first base station;

receiving, at the first base station, information representative of an operation domain of a second cell area managed by the second base station via the direct connection; and

configuring, by the first base station, an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

establishing the direct connection between the first and the second base stations through the telecommunication network.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending by the first base station, to the second base station through the direct connection, information representative of the operation domain of the first cell area managed by the first base station.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation domain of the first or second cell area comprises a parameter used for performance of appropriate operation in said first or second base station.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation domain of the first or second cell area comprises at least a parameter corresponding to one of frequencies, time slots, and codes used for operations in said first or second base station.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, from the first base station to the server, location information of the first base station; and

in response to the sending the location information of the first base station to the server, sending, from the server, the information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network.

3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including stored thereon a computer program for implementing a method for determining neighboring condition and cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network, the method comprising:

receiving, at the first base station and from the server, information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network, the information identifying the second base station being used for establishing a connection between the base stations;

establishing a direct connection between the first base station and the second base station based on the information identifying the second base station received at the first base station;

receiving, at the first base station, information representative of an operation domain of a second cell area managed by the second base station via the direct connection; and

configuring by the first base station an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 3,

sending, from the first base station to the server, location information of the first base station;

and

in response to the sending the location information of the first base station to the server, sending, from the server, the information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network.

9. A method for determining cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network, the method comprising:

establishing a direct connection between the first base station and the second base station based on information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network, said second base station being used in the telecommunication network;

receiving, at the first base station, information representative of an operation domain of a second cell area managed by the second base station via the direct connection; and

configuring, by the first base station, an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including stored thereon a computer program for implementing a method for determining cell area operation of a cell area managed by a base station, the cell area being a cell area of a wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between a first base station and a second base station, wherein the wireless cellular network comprises a server linked to the telecommunication network, the method comprising:

establishing a direct connection between the first base station and the second base station based on information identifying the second base station in the telecommunication network, said second base station being used in the telecommunication network;

receiving, at the first base station, information representative of an operation domain of a second cell area managed by the second base station via the direct connection; and

configuring, by the first base station, an operation domain of a first cell area managed by the first base station based on the information representative of the operation domain of the second cell area received from the second base station via the direct connection.