Computing cloud in a wireless telecommunication system

US9351169B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

• Hajo Bakker · Eberdingen, DE
• Hans Mayer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Uwe Doetsch · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2012
• Grant date: May 24, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2209/509
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for communication in a wireless telecommunication system, wherein the wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of base stations (102) and at least one computing cloud (100), wherein the plurality of base stations are each connected to the at least one computing cloud, wherein the computing cloud comprises a plurality of computing devices, wherein the computing cloud is operatively coupled to the plurality of base stations, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: performing (S1) time-critical operations by the plurality of base stations; performing (S2) non-time-critical operations by the at least one computing cloud for the plurality of base stations; and exchanging (S3) control data between the plurality of base stations and the at least one computing cloud; wherein the non-time-critical operations comprise at least one of the following operations: handover procedures, call admissions, load balancing, gathering statistical data of cells of the wireless telecommunication system, configuration management for the cells of the wireless telecommunication system, and operations for self organizing functions of the wireless t…