Network parameter adjustment method, and base station device

• US 10,285,079 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Huang, Fan, Zhuang, Hongcheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Mapa, Michael Y
• Application Number:
  US15/442,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20170164219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 455419, 370252, 37039553, 370450, 370909
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/30 Decision processes by autonomous network management units using voting and bidding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/32 Hierarchical cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

The present embodiments disclose a network parameter adjustment method and a base station device. The method includes sending, by a first base station, first parameter adjustment token request information to a second base station, where the second base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and the first parameter adjustment token request information is used to represent that the first base station requests to obtain a parameter adjustment token. The method also includes receiving, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station, and adjusting a network parameter after receiving the parameter adjustment token.

Claims

1. A base station device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to;

send first parameter adjustment token request information to a second base station, wherein the base station device is a first base station of multiple base stations, wherein the second base station is one of the multiple base stations, wherein the multiple base stations share a parameter adjustment token, wherein only base stations that obtain the parameter adjustment token are able to adjust a network parameter, wherein the second base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information represents a request by the first base station to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

receive the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station;

adjust a network parameter after the parameter adjustment token is received;

receive second parameter adjustment token request information sent by a third base station, wherein the first base station is a parent base station of the third base station, and the second parameter adjustment token request information represents that the third base station requests to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

determine, according to the second parameter adjustment token request information, after the parameter adjustment token is received, whether to reserve the parameter adjustment token;

adjust a network parameter in response to determining to reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

send the parameter adjustment token to the third base station in response to determining not to reserve the parameter adjustment token.

2. The base station device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to convert the first base station into a parent base station of the second base station after the parameter adjustment token is received.

3. The base station device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

determine to reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

adjust a network parameter in response to a time at which the base station device sends the first parameter adjustment token request information being earlier than a time at which the base station device receives the second parameter adjustment token request information sent by the third base station.

4. The base station device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

adjust a network parameter in response to a token request strength of the first base station being greater than a token request strength of the third base station that is carried in the received second parameter adjustment token request information,

wherein the token request strength represents network performance after a base station that requests the parameter adjustment token adjusts a network parameter while obtaining the parameter adjustment token.

5. A base station device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to;

receive first parameter adjustment token request information sent by a second base station, wherein the base station device is a first base station of multiple base stations, wherein the multiple base stations share a parameter adjustment token, wherein only base stations that obtain the parameter adjustment token are able to adjust a network parameter, wherein the first base station is a parent base station of the second base station, and wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information represents a request by the second base station to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

send second parameter adjustment token request information to a third base station of the multiple base stations in response to the parameter adjustment token not being obtained, wherein the third base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and the second parameter adjustment token request information requests to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

receive the parameter adjustment token sent by the third base station;

send the parameter adjustment token to the second base station, requesting that the second base station adjust a network parameter;

receive the first parameter adjustment token request information sent by the second base station, wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information carries a highest token request strength; and

send the received parameter adjustment token to the second base station, wherein the token request strength represents a network performance, after a base station that requests the parameter adjustment token adjusts a network parameter while obtaining the parameter adjustment token.

6. The base station device according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to convert the first base station into a child base station of the second base station after the parameter adjustment token is sent to the second base station.

7. The base station device according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

send third parameter adjustment token request information to the second base station after the first base station is converted into a child base station of the second base station, wherein the third parameter adjustment token request information represents a request for obtaining the parameter adjustment token;

receive the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station; and

adjust a network parameter after the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station is received.

8. A method comprising:

sending, by a first base station, first parameter adjustment token request information to a second base station of multiple base stations, wherein the first base station is one of the multiple base stations, wherein the multiple base stations share a parameter adjustment token, wherein only base stations that obtain the parameter adjustment token are able to adjust a network parameter, wherein the second base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information represents a request by the first base station to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

receiving, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station; and

adjusting, by the first base station, the network parameter after receiving the parameter adjustment token, wherein adjusting the network parameter specifically comprises;

receiving, by the first base station, second parameter adjustment token request information sent by a third base station, wherein the first base station is a parent base station of the third base station, and the second parameter adjustment token request information represents that the third base station requests to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

determining, by the first base station, according to the second parameter adjustment token request information, whether to reserve the parameter adjustment token, after receiving the parameter adjustment token;

adjusting a network parameter in response to determining to reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

sending the parameter adjustment token to the third base station in response to determining not to reserve the parameter adjustment token.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising converting the first base station into a parent base station of the second base station after the receiving the parameter adjustment token.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein adjusting the network parameter comprises:

determining to reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

adjusting the network parameter in response to a time at which the first base station sends the first parameter adjustment token request information being earlier than a time at which the first base station receives the second parameter adjustment token request information sent by the third base station.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein adjusting the network parameter comprises:

determining, by the first base station, to reserve the parameter adjustment token; and

adjusting a network parameter in response to a token request strength of the first base station being greater than a token request strength of the third base station that is carried in the received second parameter adjustment token request information, wherein the token request strength represents network performance after a base station that requests the parameter adjustment token adjusts a network parameter while obtaining the parameter adjustment token.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first base station, first parameter adjustment token request information sent by a second base station, wherein the first base station is one of multiple base stations, wherein the multiple base stations share a parameter adjustment token, wherein only base stations that obtain the parameter adjustment token are able to adjust a network parameter, wherein the first base station is a parent base station of the second base station, and wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information represents a request by the second base station to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

sending, by the first base station, second parameter adjustment token request information to a third base station of the multiple base stations, in response to not obtaining the parameter adjustment token, wherein the third base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and the second parameter adjustment token request information requests to obtain the parameter adjustment token;

receiving, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token sent by the third base station; and

sending, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token to the second base station, requesting that the second base station adjust a network parameter, in response to receiving the parameter adjustment token, wherein sending the parameter adjustment token comprises;

receiving, by the first base station, the first parameter adjustment token request information sent by the second base station, wherein the first parameter adjustment token request information carries a highest token request strength; and

sending the received parameter adjustment token to the second base station, wherein the token request strength represents network performance, after a base station that requests the parameter adjustment token adjusts a network parameter while obtaining the parameter adjustment token.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

converting the first base station into a child base station of the second base station after the first base station sends the parameter adjustment token to the second base station.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first base station, third parameter adjustment token request information to the second base station after the first base station is converted into a child base station of the second base station, wherein the third parameter adjustment token request information represents a request for obtaining the parameter adjustment token;

receiving, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station; and

adjusting, by the first base station, the network parameter, after receiving the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station.