Patent ID: 9386464
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile device, comprising: at least one processor and associated memory; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to perform a method of performing automatic neighbour relation functions in a wireless telecommunication network; wherein the at least one processor is configured to measure characteristics of a neighbouring cell when the mobile device is operated in an automatic neighbour relation mode; wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine whether a neighbour relation was previously provided by the mobile device to a network node of the wireless telecommunications network based on the characteristics of the neighbouring cell and on a weighted indication of neighbour relations that were previously provided to the network node by the mobile station; wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate a new neighbour relation to the neighbouring cell after determining no neighbour relation to the neighbouring cell was previously provided by the mobile device to said network node of the wireless telecommunication network; wherein the mobile device is configured to provide the new neighbour relation derived by the mobile device to the network node.