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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Venkataramanan Narayanan, Huntley, IL (US);
Vivek Naik, Deerfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/0072 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations of receiving, by an access node, from a user equipment a physical cell identity of a neighbor cell in a communication network; determining information including at least one of an angle of arrival and UE Rx-Tx time difference with respect to the user equipment of the communication network; and storing the determined information in a neighbor relation table to use in network operations.