Open ‘plug and play’ O and M architecture for a radio base station

USRE40966E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Hakan Niska · Säter, SE
• Bo Kvarnstrom · Linköping, SE
• Jan Oom · Rimforsa, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A method and apparatus for preparing a vendor- and version-independent information model that a cellular telephone base station can use to communicate its capabilities in a plug and play fashion to a network element is disclosed. The information model can also be used to communicate configuration information back to the base station from the network element. The capabilities and configuration information is automatically communicated and utilized, thus reducing the possibility of human operator error in configuring and pre-configuring new or modified base station equipment.