Technique for troubleshooting remote cellular base station radios from the network management platform using local wireless hotspot at the radio site
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a network management system that is remotely connected to a radio equipment controller of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
- determining that there is a loss of communication between the radio equipment controller and a first remote radio equipment of the base station;
causing a second remote radio equipment of the base station to create a local wireless hotspot;
obtaining debug information for the first remote radio equipment obtained by the second remote radio equipment via the local wireless hotspot; and
utilizing the debug information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for first-level debugging for a radio equipment of a base station using a local wireless hotspot created by another radio equipment of the base station in local wireless proximity to the radio equipment. In one embodiment, a network management system is remotely connected to a Radio Equipment Controller (REC) of a base station in a cellular communications network. The network management system determines that there is a loss of communication between the REC and a first Remote Radio Equipment (RRE) of the base station. The network management system causes a second RRE of the base station to create a local wireless hotspot and then obtains debug information for the first RRE that is obtained by the second RRE via the local wireless hotspot. The network management system then utilizes the debug information for the first RRE.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a network management system that is remotely connected to a radio equipment controller of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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determining that there is a loss of communication between the radio equipment controller and a first remote radio equipment of the base station; causing a second remote radio equipment of the base station to create a local wireless hotspot; obtaining debug information for the first remote radio equipment obtained by the second remote radio equipment via the local wireless hotspot; and utilizing the debug information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network management system for remotely debugging a remote radio equipment of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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a network interface configured to communicatively couple the network management system to a radio equipment controller of the base station via a network; and a processing subsystem associated with the network interface and configured to; determine that there is a loss of communication between the radio equipment controller and a first remote radio equipment of the base station; cause a second remote radio equipment of the base station to create a local wireless hotspot; obtain, via the radio equipment controller, debug information for the first remote radio equipment obtained by the second remote radio equipment via the local wireless hotspot; and utilize the debug information.
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14. A method of operation of a remote radio equipment of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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receiving a request to create a local wireless hotspot; creating the local wireless hotspot in response to the request to create the local wireless hotspot; obtaining debug information for a second remote radio equipment of the base station via the local wireless hotspot; and sending the debug information to a remote network management system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A remote radio equipment of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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an interface to a radio equipment controller that communicatively couples the remote radio equipment to the radio equipment controller via a cable; a local wireless subsystem; and a controller associated with the interface and the local wireless subsystem configured to; receive a request to create a local wireless hotspot from the radio equipment controller via the interface; create the local wireless hotspot in response to the request to create the local wireless hotspot using the local wireless subsystem; obtain debug information for a second remote radio equipment of the base station via the local wireless hotspot; and send the debug information to a remote network management system via the radio equipment controller. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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