Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120263096 | METHODS AND NODES FOR PROBING TYPES OF INTERFACES - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a relay node ( | 10-18-2012 |
20130109380 | METHODS OF SELECTING TARGET CELLS USING NEIGHBOR CELL INFORMATION AND RELATED NETWORK CONTROLLERS | 05-02-2013 |
20140126562 | BASE-STATION-TO-BASE-STATION GATEWAY AND RELATED DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to a base-station-to-base-station (BS-BS) gateway in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular communication network and methods of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway receives information from a first base station which includes a hostname and a network address of the first base station. The BS-BS gateway then stores a mapping between the hostname and the network address. Thereafter, in one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway enables a second base station to address messages to the first base station using the hostname of the first base station. In this manner, changes in the network address of the first base station will not affect the ability of the second base station to address messages to the first base station. In some embodiments, the first base station is a low-power base station (LP-BS) and the second base station is a high-power base station (HP-BS). | 05-08-2014 |
20140128086 | METHODS FOR BASE-STATION-TO-BASE-STATION CONNECTION MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure relates to a base station in a cellular communication network and methods of operation thereof. In one embodiment, a base station determines that the base station is transitioning to an unavailable state. The base station then notifies one or more radio network nodes with which the base station conducts base-station-to-node communication that the base station is unavailable. Thereafter, in one embodiment, the one or more radio network nodes cease communication attempts with the base station. In this manner, the radio network nodes can avoid spending additional resources on attempts to re-establish communication connections to base stations that tend to be offline more often (e.g., low-power base stations (LP-BSs)). | 05-08-2014 |
20140187244 | Relay Node, a Donor Radio Base Station and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a relay node for acquiring information about a type of a radio network connection between a donor radio base station and a radio base station. The relay node and the donor radio base station are comprised in a radio communications network and the donor radio base station is serving the relay node. The relay node receives a message from the donor radio base station, which message is indicating a type of radio network application protocol, which type is related to a type of the radio network connection between the donor radio base station and the radio base station. The relay node determines the type of the radio network connection based on the type of radio network application protocol indicated in the message. The relay node also stores the type of radio network connection in relation to the radio base station for selecting the type of radio network connection when later communicating with the radio base station. | 07-03-2014 |
20150016306 | Autonomous Transport Layer Connection Setup by a Transport Layer Concentrator - The present disclosure concerns wireless communication. More particularly, a method and an apparatus (e.g. a SCTP concentrator) for setting up transport layer connections (e.g. SCTP associations) between a eNB and a (H)eNB are disclosed. | 01-15-2015 |
20150181481 | Method and Arrangement for Mobility Procedures - Cooperating nodes, and methods therein, for mobility procedures in a wireless communication system supporting UE groups. One of the cooperating nodes is a base station being associated with a UE group comprising UEs having correlated mobility related parameters. The method in the base station comprises receiving, from a first UE in the UE group, a mobility related parameter associated with the first UE. The method further comprises determining whether to initiate a mobility related procedure for a second UE in the UE group based on the received mobility related parameter; and further comprises initiating the mobility related procedure for the second UE when it is determined that the mobility related procedure is to be performed. Thereby, prediction and decisions related to mobility events, e.g. handover events, for the second UE or for the whole group may be performed e.g. before or without receiving any mobility information related to the second UE, thereby enabling early prediction and better preparation, which can lead to more robust mobility procedures. | 06-25-2015 |
20150296426 | Methods and Network Nodes for Assisting Handover - It is presented a method for assisting handover of wireless devices from a source network node to a target network node. The method is performed in the source network node and comprises: determining that a first wireless device belongs to a mobility group, wherein the mobility group comprises at least two wireless devices served by the source network node determined to share mobility characteristics; receiving a measurement report from a wireless device belonging to the mobility group; determining, based on the measurement report, that at least the first wireless device should be handed over to the target network node; and transmitting a message to the target network node, wherein the message indicates that the first wireless device belongs to the mobility group. A corresponding source network node, target network node and associated method are also presented. | 10-15-2015 |