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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Jignesh S. Panchal, Somerset, NJ (US);
Milind M. Buddhikot, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
According to a disclosed method, an MME in a network analyzes KPIs from the cells it serves and based on the KPIs, it decides to engage in sharing. The MME then contacts a sharing entity (SE) to announce that it wants to borrow or to supply resources. The MME obtains terms of a sharing agreement from the SE and the MME obtains the identity of the other network. In response to this information, the MME configures its network elements to share. The MME's own network may be a supplier or a borrower. If the network is a supplier, the MME configures its base stations to support UEs subscribing to the other network. If the network is a borrower, the MME configures its UEs to accept service from the other network's base stations. The SE applies knowledge of network topology and of services offered. This knowledge is obtained from a sharing database. At the expiration of the sharing agreement, the SE tells the MMEs to deactivate the sharing agreement.