Telecommunications control with service aware optimization in a self-organizing network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016157252-A1
Application number	US-201514953255-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 27, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A self-organizing network engine is described for use in a telecommunications network. The self-organizing network engine is configured to receive one or more quality of service indicators describing a quality of service experienced by a user equipment device when receiving a service from a telecommunications network comprising the self-organizing network engine.

First claim

1 . A self-organizing network engine, configured to:
receive one or more quality of service indicators describing a quality of service experienced by a user equipment device when receiving a service from a telecommunications network comprising the self-organizing network engine; obtain, from a profile relating to the user equipment, one or more quality of service requirements for the service being received; determine a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the one or more quality of service requirements and the one or more quality of service indicators; and command the telecommunications network to implement the network reconfiguration.

2 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 1 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment device to a selected radio access technology.

3 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment device to a selected network layer.

4 . The self-organizing network engine of any preceding claim, wherein the network reconfiguration comprises reallocating network resources available to the user equipment device.

5 . The self-organizing network engine of any preceding claim, further configured to determine the network reconfiguration by optimizing one or more network parameters.

6 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 5 , wherein the telecommunications network comprises a plurality of radio access technologies, and wherein the network parameters comprise one or more inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds, the self-organizing network engine being configured to optimize the inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds to select one of the radio access technologies to provide the service according to the one or more quality of service requirements.

7 . The self-organizing network engine of any preceding claim, wherein the one or more quality of service indicators comprise a matrix storing one or more quality of service indicators for each of a plurality of services offered by the telecommunications network.

8 . A computer-implemented method of optimizing a telecommunications network, comprising:
receiving one or more quality of service indicators describing a quality of service experienced by a user equipment when receiving a service from the telecommunications network; obtaining, from a profile relating to the user equipment, one or more quality of service requirements for the service being received; determining a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the one or more quality of service requirements and the one or more quality of service indicators; and commanding the telecommunications network to implement the network reconfiguration.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment to a selected radio access technology.

10 . The method of claim 8 or 9 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment to a selected network layer.

11 . The method of any of claims 8 - 10 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises reallocating network resources available to the user equipment.

12 . The method of any of claims 8 - 11 , further comprising determining the network reconfiguration by optimizing one or more network parameters.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the telecommunications network comprises a plurality of radio access technologies, and wherein the network parameters comprise one or more inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds, the method comprising optimizing the inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds to select one of the radio access technologies to provide the service according to the one or more quality of service requirements.

14 . The method of any of claims 8 - 13 , wherein the one or more quality of service indicators comprise a matrix storing one or more quality of service indicators for each of a plurality of services offered by the telecommunications network.

15 . Computer program code which when run on a computer causes the computer to perform a method according to any of claims 8 - 14 .

16 . A carrier medium carrying computer readable code which when run on a computer causes the computer to perform a method according to any of claims 8 - 14 .

17 . A telecommunications network comprising a self-organizing network engine as claimed in any of claims 1 - 7 .

18 . A self-organizing network engine of a telecommunications network, configured to:
identify a service being provided to a user equipment (UE); determine a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the service being provided; and, command the telecommunications network to implement the network reconfiguration.

19 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 18 , wherein the user equipment is classified into a group according to the service being provided and wherein the network reconfiguration is determined from a set of predetermined reconfigurations based upon the group in which the user equipment has been placed.

20 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 18 or 19 , wherein the engine is configured to receive one or more service quality indicators describing a quality of service experienced by the user equipment when receiving the service from the telecommunications network comprising the self-organizing network engine and wherein the engine is further configured to determine a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the service being provided and the service quality indicator received.

21 . The self-organizing network engine of any of claims 18 to 20 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment device to a selected radio access technology.

22 . The self-organizing network engine of any of claim 18 or 21 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises directing the user equipment device to a selected network layer.

23 . The self-organizing network engine of any of claims 18 to 22 , wherein the network reconfiguration comprises reallocating network resources available to the user equipment device.

24 . The self-organizing network engine of any of claims 18 to 23 , further configured to determine the network reconfiguration by optimizing one or more network parameters.

25 . The self-organizing network engine of claim 24 , wherein the telecommunications network comprises a plurality of radio access technologies, and wherein the network parameters comprise one or more inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds, the self-organizing network engine being configured to optimize the inter-radio-access-technology handover thresholds to select one of the radio access technologies to provide the service according to the one or more quality of service requirements.

26 . The self-organizing network engine of any of claims 20 to 25 , wherein the one or more service quality indicator comprises a matrix storing one or more quality of service indicators for each of a plurality of services offered by the telecommunications network.

27 . A method of optimizing a telecommunications network, comprising:
identifying a service being provided to a user equipment (UE); determining a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network acco

Assignees

• Vodafone Ip Licensing Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Zhanghong
• Dunkin Andrew

Classifications

• H04W72/543 Primary

  based on requested quality, e.g. QoS · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04W72/087 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title