Dynamically extending mobile coverage and capacity by offloading
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1. An apparatus, comprisingat least one processor configured to:
- monitor a state of a first network element of a first radio access network;
detect if the state fulfills a condition;
determine a first location of the first network element;
determine a second location of a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network;
determine a distance from the determined first and second locations; and
trigger, if the state fulfills the condition and if the distance does not exceed a predetermined value, a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to the second network element to attach to the second network element.
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Abstract
It is provided an apparatus, comprising monitoring means adapted to monitor a state of a first network element of a first radio access network; detecting means adapted to detect if the state fulfills a condition; enabling means adapted to enable, if the state fulfills the condition, that a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network, may attach to the second network element.
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1. An apparatus, comprising
at least one processor configured to: -
monitor a state of a first network element of a first radio access network; detect if the state fulfills a condition; determine a first location of the first network element; determine a second location of a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network; determine a distance from the determined first and second locations; and trigger, if the state fulfills the condition and if the distance does not exceed a predetermined value, a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to the second network element to attach to the second network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising
at least one processor configured to: -
detect a received trigger related to a state of a first network element of a first radio access network; determine a first location of the first network element; determine a second location of a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network; determine a distance from the determined first and second locations; and command, if the trigger is detected and if the distance does not exceed a predetermined value, a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to the second network element, to attach to the second network element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising
monitoring a state of a first network element of a first radio access network; -
detecting if the state fulfills a condition; determine a first location of the first network element; determine a second location of a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network; determine a distance from the determined first and second locations; and trigger, if the state fulfills the condition and if the distance does not exceed a predetermined value, a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to the second network element, to attach to the second network element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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