Congestion monitoring of mobile entities
First Claim
1. A method, by a policy control unit of a mobile communications network, to control a signaling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving, from one of the congestion monitoring units, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state;
storing said one congestion monitoring unit from which the indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity;
receiving, from another congestion monitoring unit, the indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion state; and
indicating, in response to the indication received from the other monitoring unit, to the current congestion monitoring unit a release of congestion information relating to said one mobile entity.
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Abstract
A method, by a policy control unit of a mobile communications network, to control a signaling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network. The method comprises receiving, from one of the congestion monitoring units, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state, storing said one congestion monitoring unit from which the indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity, receiving, from another congestion monitoring unit, the indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion state, and indicating, in response to the indication received from the other monitoring unit, to the current congestion monitoring unit a release of congestion information relating to said one mobile entity.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, by a policy control unit of a mobile communications network, to control a signaling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving, from one of the congestion monitoring units, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state; storing said one congestion monitoring unit from which the indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity; receiving, from another congestion monitoring unit, the indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion state; and indicating, in response to the indication received from the other monitoring unit, to the current congestion monitoring unit a release of congestion information relating to said one mobile entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A policy control unit configured to control a signaling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network, the policy control unit comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from one of the congestion monitoring units, a first indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state; a database configured to store said one congestion monitoring unit from which the first indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity; a transmitter; and a processing circuit; wherein the processing circuit is configured to use the transmitter to indicate to the current congestion monitoring unit to release congestion information relating to said one mobile entity in response to the received first indication, when the receiver receives the first indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion state from another congestion monitoring unit. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method to operate a congestion monitoring unit that monitors which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of a mobile communications network, the method comprising:
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sending, to a policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state; receiving, from the policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication to release congestion information relating to said one mobile entity; and releasing the congestion information for said one mobile entity in response to the received indication. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A congestion monitoring unit configured to monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of a mobile communications network, the congestion monitoring unit comprising:
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a transmitter configured to send, to a policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state, a receiver configured to receive, from the policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication to release congestion information relating to said one mobile entity, and a processing circuit configured to release the congestion information for said one mobile entity in response to the received indication. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processing circuit in a policy control unit of a mobile communications network, cause the at least one processing circuit to control a signaling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network by:
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receiving, from one of the congestion monitoring units, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state; storing said one congestion monitoring unit from which the indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity; receiving, from another congestion monitoring unit, the indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion state; and indicating, in response to the indication received from the other monitoring unit, to the current congestion monitoring unit a release of congestion information relating to said one mobile entity.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processing circuit in a congestion monitoring unit that monitors which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of a mobile communications network, cause the at least one processing circuit to:
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send, to a policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion state; receive from the policy control unit of the mobile communications network, an indication to release congestion information relating to said one mobile entity; and release the congestion information for said one mobile entity in response to the received indication.
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