Patent ID: 6571284
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
Method for repeater management in a telecommunication network utilizing wireless data transmission, said network comprising base stations for wireless transmission of data, repeaters for repeating and amplifying the wireless transmission from and to the base stations to shadow regions of the base stations, and a network management centre for changing the configuration of the base stations to correspond to a base station plan received by the network management centre, the method comprising:adding to the network management centre a database including data on repeaters, which data include for each repeater at least an identifier of a base station the wireless transmission of which the repeater concerned repeats and amplifies, making a repeater plan for changing repeater parameters to correspond to the changed configuration of the base stations, and sending each repeater an update message containing parameters for the reconfiguring of said repeater to correspond to the repeater plan.