SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A base station operates in a wireless communication network to provide communications coverage for user equipment. The base station maintains a neighbor list of information about other stations. The neighbor list can be autonomously created and updated using information from measurement reports from user equipment, measurement reports from receivers local to the base station, and configuration reports from remote base stations. The base station uses the neighbor list in managing certain operations in a communication network, for example, to determine potential targets for handover of user equipment. The neighbor list can also be used for self-organizing network (SON) operations, such as radio parameter and resource management, and load balancing.

主权项

1. A method for use in operating a first base station using a neighbor list that includes information about base stations near the first base station, the method comprising:
receiving an attachment request from a user equipment; receiving a measurement report from the user equipment, the measurement report including information about transmissions detected by the user equipment, the transmissions being from one or more other base stations; requesting a network address associated with a second base station from a mobility management entity, the second base station being one of the base stations for which information is included in the measurement report; receiving the network address from the mobility management entity; requesting a connection to the second base station using the network address; receiving a connection response from the second base station; and adding the second base station to the neighbor list.