Patent ID: 9167372
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a network element that is an element of a Radio Access Network (RAN), the method comprising: receiving, via a first interface, a request for sending an IP address to the network element and receiving field data that is acquired from the network element; setting up a link with the network element via the first interface; downloading software to the network element via the first interface; receiving, via the first interface, field data as a result of a self-test performed by the network element and assessing the received results, the field data comprising changes of at least one radio configuration parameter; comparing network status data stored in a managing apparatus and the field data and determining a difference between the network status data and field data; generating configuration data, such that the generated configuration data are adapted to align the network status data and the field data; determining a corresponding network element affected by the generated configuration data; and distributing the configuration data via the first interface to the affected corresponding network element, wherein the generated configuration data, which is distributed via the first interface, comprises at least one self-configuration parameter selected from the group of self-configuration parameters consisting of an IP address of the network element, information about the IP environment of the network element, a frequency, a code, a physical cell identifier, a global cell identifier, an adjacency, a radio configuration parameter for the network element, a mapping parameter from a physical cell identifier to a global cell identifier, a mapping parameter of a global cell identifier to an IP address, and a blacklist.