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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Hajo Bakker, Eberdingen, DE;
Hans-peter Mayer, Ditzingen, DE;
Uwe Doetsch, Freudental, DE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for communication in a wireless telecommunication system, wherein the wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of base stations () and at least one computing cloud (), wherein the plurality of base stations are each connected to the at least one computing cloud, wherein the computing cloud comprises a plurality of computing devices, wherein the computing cloud is operatively coupled to the plurality of base stations, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: performing (S) time-critical operations by the plurality of base stations; performing (S) non-time-critical operations by the at least one computing cloud for the plurality of base stations; and exchanging (S) control data between the plurality of base stations and the at least one computing cloud; wherein the non-time-critical operations comprise at least one of the following operations: handover procedures, call admissions, load balancing, gathering statistical data of cells of the wireless telecommunication system, configuration management for the cells of the wireless telecommunication system, and operations for self organizing functions of the wireless telecommunication system, and wherein the control data is used by the computing cloud for performing the non-time-critical operations.