HANDLING OF DYNAMIC NEIGHBOURING CELL RELATIONS USING A TIMETOLIVE CONCEPT

摘要

The present invention relates to a network element such as a base station controller, for a cellular network comprising one or more cells being served by at least one transceiver for enabling communication sessions with a mobile cellular terminal. The element comprises communication means (13) adapted for communicating with other network nodes. The element further comprises register software (17) adapted for creating, configuring and/or removing information about the cell on which a communication session is running and its relationship (18) to at least one neighbouring cell to which a running communication session can be transferred and resource management software adapted for (21) managing the communication session between the transceiver and the terminal. The element is further characterized in that the register software (17) is adapted for creating and/or configuring a counter value (20) on each relationship to a neighbouring cell (19), which value (20) limits the time or number of events the neighbouring cell (19) can be part of so that when the counter value (20) corresponds to a removal value the relationship (18) is removed.