US 11,895,543 B2
MRO for 5G networks
Yizhi Yao, Chandler, AZ (US); and Joey Chou, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,292.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/005,957, filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377827 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0083 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to operate as a distributed self-organizing network (D-SON) management function in a new radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
send, to a producer of provisioning Management Service (MnS), at least one request to configure at least one target, control parameters, and at least one range of handover parameters for a Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) function, the control parameters including MRO function control to enable and disable MRO functionality, a maximum deviation of handover trigger, and a minimum time between handover trigger changes;
send, after transmission of the at least one request, a request to the producer of provisioning MnS to enable an unenabled MRO function for an NR cell;
collect MRO-related performance measurements from the MRO function for the NR cell;
analyze the MRO-related performance measurements to evaluate MRO performance and determine whether the at least one target has been met after optimization of the MRO performance; and
in response a determination that the at least one target has not been met, send, to the producer of provisioning MnS, at least one update request to update at least one of the at least one range of handover parameters or the control parameters; and
memory configured to store the MRO-related performance measurements.