US 12,464,377 B2
Updating record of border cells
Patrick Maguire, Athlone (IE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/603,037
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059572
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/207606, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191716 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of monitoring cells in a cellular communication network, the method comprising:
maintaining, in a memory, a record of border cells of at least one network slice within the cellular communication network;
determining, by a processor, a change in the cells active in the cellular communication network, wherein the change in the cells includes a cell being added to or removed from the cellular communication network;
based on the cell being added to or removed from the cellular communication network, identifying, by the processor, at least one neighbouring cell of said added or removed cell;
identifying, by the processor, whether each identified neighbouring cell of said added cell or removed cell are a border cell of the at least one network slice within the cellular communication network; and
updating, by the processor, said record of border cells of the at least one network slice based on said change in the cells active in the cellular communication network.