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.
Technologies
Product
Use Cases
Wireless communication
Services
Claim
1. A method of bringing a base station having modified base station capabilities into cellular radio traffic by automatically sending to a network manager capability information corresponding 5 to operational capabilities of the modified base station and automatically receiving configuration information from the network manager identifying operational parameters for use by the modified base station in administering the cellular radio traffic.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the modified base 10 station capabilities comprise a completely new base station being brought into the cellular radio traffic.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the capability information and the configuration information are in the format of a common abstract resource information model. 15
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the base station automatically creates the abstract resource information model based on hardware and software infrastructures of the base station.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the abstract resource information model is created using combinational 20 relationships between various hardware and software infrastructure objects of the base station and attribute information for various hardware and software infrastructure objects of the base station. -WO 99/22541 PCT/SE98/01863 18
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the hardware and software infrastructure objects in the abstract resource information model include frequency spectrum information, maximum power information, and channel type information and wherein the 5 combinational relationships between the objects describe relationships between radio connection units, carrier units and antenna units.
7. A base station, comprising: a base station resource infrastructure management 10 layer for administration of the base station software and hardware infrastructure; a base station abstract resource management layer having its own element management operating system based on an abstract information model identifying operational capabilities of 15 the base station software and hardware infrastructure, wherein said information model is independent of any format of said base station software and hardware infrastructure; and a site capabilities application for creating the abstract information model based on the base station software and hardware 20 infrastructure.
8. A base station according to claim 7, further comprising: an infrastructure element manager for administering the infrastructure management layer. WO 99/22541 PCT/SE98/01863 19
9. A base station according to claim 7, further comprising: a communication link with a physically remote mobile network for communicating said operational capabilities to said remote mobile network and for receiving from said remote mobile 5 network configuration information based on the operational capabilities
10. A base station according to claim 9, wherein: the operational capabilities and the configuration information are both formatted according to the abstract information 10 model
11. A base station according to claim 7, wherein the abstract information model defines abstract information objects for the software and hardware infrastructure and combination relationships between the various abstract information objects. 1512. A base station according to claim 7, wherein the abstract information model represents the operational capabilities by attributes in abstract information model objects
13. A base station according to claim 7, wherein the abstract information model defines abstract 20 information objects for the software and hardware infrastructure and combination relationships between the various abstract information objects; and WO 99/22541 PCT/SE98/01863 20 the abstract information model represents the operational capabilities by attributes in abstract information model objects
14. A base station according to claim 13, wherein the 5 attribute information includes frequency spectrum information, maximum power information, and channel type information
15. A base station according to claim 13, wherein the combination relationships includes relationships between radio connection units, carrier units and antenna units within the software 10 and hardware infrastructure.']
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