Patent ID: 7826820
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A reconfigurator for use with a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network comprising a network of radio base stations configured for providing radio access service to the telecommunications network for wireless stations and plural radio base stations having a modifiable characteristic, the reconfigurator being configured to associate a compensatory base station with a vulnerable base station and, in conjunction with a loss of provision of the service by the vulnerable base station, to modify the modifiable characteristic of the conmensatory base station whereby the compensatory base station is configured to at least partially compensate for the loss of the provision of the service by the vulnerable base station wherein the network of radio base stations further comprises a tertiary base station configured to provide the service in a high capacity manner within a specific geographical area, and wherein the reconfigurator is configured to turn off the tertiary base station during a low traffic condition for the specific geographical area and instead to provide the service for the specific geographical area through another radio base station.