Enhancement of access points to support heterogeneous networks

摘要

An interface between access points is enhanced by enabling an exchange of a cell characteristic information element (IE). The cell characteristic information can provide an access point with information about the characteristics/features/capabilities of its neighbor cells. Automatic neighbor relations are also enhanced to store and/or manage the cell characteristic information. Moreover, the cell characteristic information can be utilized by the access point to significantly improve handover (HO) decisions, increase load balancing performance, and/or decrease inter cell interference. The cell characteristic information can also improve network efficiency and avoid bottlenecks during cell reselection in Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets).

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
initiating an establishment of a peer-to-peer link between a first access point device and a second access point device,responsive to the initiating, receiving classification data representing a type of the first access point device, andinitiating storage of the classification data to a neighbor relation data store of the second access point device, wherein the classification data is employable to facilitate cell reselection associated with a user equipment served by the second access point device.