ESTIMATION OF THE OPERATIONAL CONDITION OF AN ENTITY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

According to the invention, in order to estimate the operational condition of an entity (ENT) adapted for managing elements (ELEm) in a communication network (RR) and facilitating the resources management in the network, a device (DE) in the network defines at least two condition indicators (IEq) each depending on a weighed sum of quality indicators (Iq, m) which are respectively associated with the elements and depend on values accessible by the network. The quality indicators are updated based on values measured in the network. The condition indicators are evaluated based on the updated quality indicators (Iq, m). The device then estimates an operational condition of the entity (EA) based on the evaluated quality indicators. The entity and the elements may consist of a base station and mobiles in a radio-communication network.