Method and communication network node for improving communication performance
First Claim
1. A method in a communication network node enabling improved communication performance for a user equipment in a communication network, the user equipment being connected to at least one base station serving the user equipment, which at least one base station is connected to a core network, the core network being configured to provide communication services to the user equipment, the method comprises:
- detecting that wireless communication performance between the user equipment and the at least one base station is poor;
identifying a location of the user equipment where the poor wireless performance is detected;
obtaining an identity associated with the user equipment;
obtaining a home address associated with the user equipment based on the obtained identity;
identifying that the identified location of the user equipment is residential and that the home address corresponds to the identified location;
searching for a wireline access connection located within a certain distance from the user equipment, which distance is such that a home base station, when connected to the wireline access connection, would be able to provide cellular network service coverage to the user equipment; and
establishing whether the communication performance for the user equipment would be improved by providing communication services from the core network to the user equipment via the wireline access connection using the home base station.
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Abstract
The present solution relates to enabling improved performance for a user equipment UE (205) in a communication network (200). A network node (210) detects (301, 401) that wireless performance between the UE (205) and a base station (201) is poor. Then, it identifies (302,402) a location of the UE (205) where the poor performance is detected, obtains (303,403) an identity associated with the UE (205), obtains (304,404) an address associated with the UE (205) and identifies (305,405) that the location of the UE (205) is residential and that the address corresponds to the location. The node (210) searches (306,406) for a wireline connection (219) located within a distance from the UE (205). The node (210) establishes (307,407) whether the performance for the UE (205) would be improved by providing services from a core network (209) to the UE (205) via the wireline connection (219) using the home base station (215).
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Citations
15 Claims
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1. A method in a communication network node enabling improved communication performance for a user equipment in a communication network, the user equipment being connected to at least one base station serving the user equipment, which at least one base station is connected to a core network, the core network being configured to provide communication services to the user equipment, the method comprises:
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detecting that wireless communication performance between the user equipment and the at least one base station is poor; identifying a location of the user equipment where the poor wireless performance is detected; obtaining an identity associated with the user equipment; obtaining a home address associated with the user equipment based on the obtained identity; identifying that the identified location of the user equipment is residential and that the home address corresponds to the identified location; searching for a wireline access connection located within a certain distance from the user equipment, which distance is such that a home base station, when connected to the wireline access connection, would be able to provide cellular network service coverage to the user equipment; and establishing whether the communication performance for the user equipment would be improved by providing communication services from the core network to the user equipment via the wireline access connection using the home base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication network node for enabling improved communication performance for a user equipment in a communication network, the user equipment being connected to at least one base station serving the user equipment, which at least one base station is connected to a core network, the core network being configured to provide communication services to the user equipment, the communication network node comprises:
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a detecting unit configured to detect that wireless communication performance between the user equipment and the at least one base station is poor; an identifying unit configured to identify a location of the user equipment where the poor wireless performance is detected; an obtaining unit configured to; obtain an identity associated with the user equipment; and
toobtain a home address associated with the user equipment based on the obtained identity; the identifying unit is further configured to identify that the identified location of the user equipment is residential and that the home address corresponds to the identified location; a searching unit configured to search for a wireline access connection located within a certain distance from the user equipment, which distance is such that a home base station, when connected to the wireline access connection, would be able to provide cellular network service coverage to the user equipment; and an establishing unit configured to establish whether the communication performance for the user equipment would be improved by providing communication services from the core network to the user equipment via the wireline access connection using the home base station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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