System and method to facilitate service hand-outs using user equipment groups in a network environment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a serving cell radio, feedback information for a master user equipment of a user equipment group, wherein the feedback information includes position information associated one or more neighboring cell radios;
communicating, at least in part, the feedback information, a size of the user equipment group and an identifier for the user equipment group to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) server;
determining, by the SON server, management instructions associated with one or more operations to performed by the serving cell radio;
communicating the management instructions to the serving cell radio; and
performing, by the serving cell radio, the one or more operations associated with the management instructions.
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Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include grouping a plurality of user equipment served by a serving cell radio into one or more groups based on an approximate location of each of the plurality of user equipment and a proximity of each of the plurality of user equipment in relation to each other; selecting a master user equipment for each group; receiving inter-frequency measurement information or inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement information associated with one or more neighboring cell radios; receiving a first service request for a first user equipment of a particular group; and selecting a particular neighboring cell radio for a service hand-out of the first user equipment based, at least in part, on the first service request and inter-frequency measurement information or inter-RAT measurement information received from a particular master user equipment for the particular group.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a serving cell radio, feedback information for a master user equipment of a user equipment group, wherein the feedback information includes position information associated one or more neighboring cell radios; communicating, at least in part, the feedback information, a size of the user equipment group and an identifier for the user equipment group to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) server; determining, by the SON server, management instructions associated with one or more operations to performed by the serving cell radio; communicating the management instructions to the serving cell radio; and performing, by the serving cell radio, the one or more operations associated with the management instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory tangible media encoding logic that includes instructions for execution that when executed by a processor, is operable to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by a serving cell radio, feedback information for a master user equipment of a user equipment group, wherein the feedback information includes position information associated one or more neighboring cell radios; communicating, at least in part, the feedback information, a size of the user equipment group and an identifier for the user equipment group to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) server; determining, by the SON server, management instructions associated with one or more operations to performed by the serving cell radio; communicating the management instructions to the serving cell radio; and performing, by the serving cell radio, the one or more operations associated with the management instructions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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at least one memory element for storing data; and at least one processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory element cooperate such that the system is configured for; receiving, by a serving cell radio, feedback information for a master user equipment of a user equipment group, wherein the feedback information includes position information associated one or more neighboring cell radios; communicating, at least in part, the feedback information, a size of the user equipment group and an identifier for the user equipment group to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) server; determining, by the SON server, management instructions associated with one or more operations to performed by the serving cell radio; communicating the management instructions to the serving cell radio; and performing, by the serving cell radio, the one or more operations associated with the management instructions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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