Coordination between self-organizing networks

摘要

A mechanism to handle conflict situations relating to a situation in which an intended SON operation at or near the domain's boundary (border area) may impact on one or more cells in a neighboring domain comprises a single-domain coordinator that assesses whether there may be an impact on the neighboring domain, and if yes, requests an inter-domain, coordinator to check and assess whether there is a conflict.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a single-domain coordinator, an authorization request relating to a self-organizing network operation that may have impact to a neighboring domain; sending, by the single-domain coordinator, a request indicating the self-organizing network operation to an inter-domain coordinator; receiving, by the single-domain coordinator, a response from the inter-domain coordinator; and if the response indicates non-acceptance, the single-domain coordinator, rejecting the authorization request to perform the self-organizing network operation, wherein the single-domain coordinator and the inter-domain coordinator are disposed at hierarchical levels which are different with respect to each other.