METHOD OF ACCOMMODATING RADIO BASE STATIONS AND NETWORK APPARATUS

• US 20110124361A1
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Hosono, Hiroyuki, Aoyagi, Kenichiro, Masuda, Masafumi
• Application Number:
  US12/994,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20110124361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/16 for PBS [Private Base Station] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/20 for indoor coverage or short range network deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of accommodating radio base stations, comprising: step A in which a network apparatus manages a set of parameters including at least a single parameter value in each group area; step B in which, when the position of arrangement of a radio base station has been determined, the network apparatus selects one set of parameters from the set of parameters for the group area including the arrangement position of the radio base station and allocates this set to the radio base station; and step C in which, after the radio base station has been connected with the network apparatus, an operation is conducted using a parameter value included in the parameter set that has been allocated.

Claims

1. A radio base station accommodation method for accommodating a radio base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

step A of a network apparatus managing a parameter set including at least a parameter value for each group area;

step B of the network apparatus selecting one of the parameter sets for the group areas each including a installation location of the radio base station and assigning the selected parameter set to the radio base station, when an installation location of the radio base station is determined; and

step C of the radio base station operating using the parameter value included in the assigned parameter set after being connected to the network apparatus.

2. The method of accommodating a radio base station according to claim 1, wherein

each of the parameter sets associates the at least a parameter value with a base station identifier and address information, and

in the step B, the network apparatus notifies the radio base station of the base station identifier included in the parameter set assigned to the radio base station,

the method further comprising the steps of;

the radio base station acquiring the address information associated with the base station identifier from a predetermined server; and

the radio base station sending a connection request including the acquired address information to the network apparatus to acquire the parameter value associated with the address information.

3. The method of accommodating a radio base station according to claim 1, wherein

each of the parameter sets associates with the at least a parameter value with a base station identifier,

the method further comprising the steps of:

the network apparatus notifying the radio base station of the base station identifier included in the parameter set assigned to the radio base station, and

the radio base station sending a connection request including the notified base station identifier to the network apparatus to acquire the parameter value associated with the base station identifier.

4. A network apparatus used in a radio base station accommodation method for accommodating a radio base station in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a management unit configured to manage a parameter set including at least a parameter value for each group area; and

an assignment unit configured to select one of the parameter sets for the group areas each including an installation location of the radio base station and assign the selected parameter set when the installation location of the radio base station is determined.

5. The network apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the management unit associates the at least a parameter value with a base station identifier and address information in each of the parameter sets, and

the assignment unit is configured to notify the radio base station of the base station identifier included in the parameter set assigned to the radio base station,

the network apparatus further comprising a connection request receiving unit configured to notify the radio base station of the parameter value associated with the address information included in a connection request when receiving the connection request from the radio base station.

6. The network apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the management unit associates the at least a parameter value with a base station identifier in each of the parameter sets, and

the assignment unit is configured to notify the radio base station of the base station identifier included in the parameter set assigned to the radio base station,

the apparatus further comprising a connection request receiving unit configured to notify the radio base station of the parameter value associated with the base station identifier included in a connection request when receiving the connection request from the radio base station.