Patent ID: 8738017

Claim:
A method for managing radio resources in a telecommunication network comprising a plurality of radio cells and a database which is associated with said plurality of cells and which comprises information relating to radio resources of each radio cell of the plurality of cells, said database being managed by a database management entity; said method comprising the following steps: /a/ sending, from a first cell to the database management entity, a message of information request relating to radio resources of at least one second cell of said plurality of cells; /b/ receiving in the first cell, from the database management entity, a response message indicating said requested information; and /c/ deciding, in the first cell, to request radio resources in said second cell on the basis of said information received, wherein said response message indicates a reliability level providing an estimation of an uncertainty of said information relating to radio resources; and wherein said estimation is provided by a set of levels of service quality associated with respective types of data streams of a set of types of data streams, and said response is based on a number of radio resources available in said second cell and on the service quality level associated with a type of stream indicated in the message of information request.