Discovery of neighbor cells

摘要

The present patent application comprises a method and apparatus to identify an address of a neighboring node, comprising the steps of identifying an existence of a neighboring cell, receiving a measurement report containing an identifier of the cell; sending an inquiry containing the identifier of the cell to a server, wherein the inquiry inquires what the IP address of the neighboring node of the cell is, and receiving an inquiry response containing the IP address of the neighboring node. In another embodiment, the inquiry containing the identifier of the cell is sent to other nodes.

主权项

1. A method of identifying an address of a neighboring base station of a neighboring cell, comprising:
identifying an existence of the neighboring cell; receiving a measurement report from a user terminal by a first serving base station that is serving the user terminal, the measurement report containing an identifier of the neighboring cell; sending, from the first serving base station, an inquiry as a multicast transmission containing said identifier of the neighboring cell to a plurality of base stations other than the neighboring base station, wherein said inquiry inquires as to an IP address in use by the neighboring base station of said neighboring cell; and receiving an inquiry response containing the IP address in use by the neighboring base station from at least one of the plurality of base stations other than the neighboring base station.