US 12,363,007 B2
Cell multi-agent coordination in shared control elements
Adriano Mendo Mateo, Málaga (ES); Jose Outes Carnero, Torremolinos (ES); Juan Ramiro Moreno, Málaga (ES); Yak Ng Molina, Málaga (ES); Paulo Antonio Moreira Mijares, Málaga (ES); and José María Ruiz Avilés, Málaga (ES)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/027,512
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/053138
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069954, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20382874 (EP), filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379225 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 41/046 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/16 (2013.01) [H04L 41/046 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a control element shared by a plurality of cells in a network, the method comprising:
receiving, from each of a plurality of cell agents in the network, an intermediate control decision for controlling the control element;
based on the intermediate control decisions, determining a consolidated control decision for controlling the control element, wherein the intermediate control decisions from each of the plurality of cell agents are consolidated into a single consolidated control decision; and
configuring the control element to perform an action that controls a network element in each of the plurality of cells based on the consolidated control decision;
wherein the consolidated control decision is set to KEEP, INCREASE or DECREASE depending on the intermediate control decisions of the plurality of cell agents being set to KEEP, INCREASE, OR DECREASE; and wherein the consolidated control decision controls the tilt of an antenna.