A METHOD AND A CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCES IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The present invention is related to managing resources in a radio communication network. The radio communication network comprises a first set of equipment and a second set of equipment. The first set of equipment is initially allocated (301) to serve a first call. Equipment reallocation (303) is initiated, whereby the second set of equipment is allocated to serve the first call and the first set of equipment is released from the first call, upon determining (302), according to a predetermined rule based on differences in functional capabilities of the first set of equipment and the second set of equipment, that it is desirable to serve the first call using the second set of equipment instead of the first set of equipment even though the first set of equipment is able to continue serving the first call.