Patent ID: 8976679
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a communication network node enabling improved communication performance for a user equipment in a communication network, the user equipment being connected to at least one base station serving the user equipment, which at least one base station is connected to a core network, the core network being configured to provide communication services to the user equipment, the method comprises: detecting that wireless communication performance between the user equipment and the at least one base station is poor; identifying a location of the user equipment where the poor wireless performance is detected; obtaining an identity associated with the user equipment; obtaining a home address associated with the user equipment based on the obtained identity; identifying that the identified location of the user equipment is residential and that the home address corresponds to the identified location; searching for a wireline access connection located within a certain distance from the user equipment, which distance is such that a home base station, when connected to the wireline access connection, would be able to provide cellular network service coverage to the user equipment; and establishing whether the communication performance for the user equipment would be improved by providing communication services from the core network to the user equipment via the wireline access connection using the home base station.