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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
David Padfield, Marlborough, GB;
Phillip C. Bloomfield, Calne, GB;
David Padfield, Marlborough, GB;
Phillip C. Bloomfield, Calne, GB;
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A cellular communication system is supported by first physical layer processes, second layer user plane control processes and third layer control plane control processes. The first layer process is executed in a base station (). A distribution controller () allocates the layer processes such that the second layer process is executed in a different network element than the third layer process. The second and/or third layer process may furthermore be allocated to a different network element than the base station () executing the first layer process. The second and/or third layer process may be allocated to base stations (). This allows improved load balancing and/or may reduce RNC relocations in a system having base station RNC functionality.