ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR EVOLVED NODE B (eNB) PARAMETER TUNING

Abstract

Technology for a mobility management entity (MME) operable to provide core network assistance information is disclosed. The MME can determine the core network assistance information. The core network assistance information can include one or more of: an average connected state time for a user equipment (UE), an average idle state time for the UE, or a number of handover procedures between cells that occur for the UE in a selected time period. The MME can encode the core network assistance information for transmission from the MME to an eNodeB of the UE.

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Technologies

Mobility and handover

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Mobility Management Entity (MME)

Base Station (eNB/gNB)

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Wireless communication

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Mobility Management

Claim

1. An apparatus of a mobility management entity (MME) operable to provide core network assistance information, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
determine, at the MME, core network assistance information, wherein the core network assistance information includes one or more of: an average connected state time for a user equipment (UE), an average idle state time for the UE, or a number of handover procedures between cells that occur for the UE in a selected time period; and
encode the core network assistance information for transmission from the MME to an eNodeB of the UE; and
memory configured to store the core network assistance information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine the average connected state time for the UE; determine the average idle state time for the UE; identify an amount of time the UE spends in cells associated with an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) for the MME to determine the number of handover procedures between cells in the selected time period; and include one or more of the average connected state time, the average idle state time, or the number of handover procedures in the selected time period in the core network assistance information.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to encode the core network assistance information for transmission to the eNodeB via an S1 connection with the MME.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to encode the core network assistance information for transmission to a target eNodeB at a handover of the UE to enable the target eNodeB to reduce UE state transitions for the UE.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to communicate, from the MME to the eNodeB, a time interval between handover procedures for the UE.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to communicate, from the MME to the eNodeB, a time period that the UE is in the connected state.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to communicate, from the MME to the eNodeB, a time period the UE is in the idle state.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to communicate, from the MME to the eNodeB, an indication that the core network assistance information is based on statistical information collected at the MME.
9. An apparatus of an eNodeB operable to receive core network assistance information for a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to: decode the core network assistance information received from an mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet system (EPS) of the eNodeB; and adjust selected parameters for the UE based on the core network assistance information to reduce state transitions of the UE and network signaling overhead; and memory configured to store the core network assistance information received from the MME.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the core network assistance information includes: an average time that the UE is in a connected state with the MME, an average time that the UE is in an idle state with the MME, and a number of handover procedures between cells that occur for the UE in a selected time period.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, having one or more processors further configured to encode the core network assistance information for transmission from the eNodeB to a target eNodeB via an X2 connection at a handover of the UE to enable the target eNodeB to reduce UE state transitions for the UE.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transceiver configured to receive, from the MME, a time interval between handover procedures for the UE.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transceiver configured to receive, from the MME, a time period the UE is in the connected state, wherein the connected state is a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transceiver configured to receive, from the MME, a time period the UE is in the idle state, wherein the idle state is a radio resource control (RRC) idle state.
15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transceiver configured to receive, from the MME, an indication that the core network assistance information is based on statistical information collected at the MME.
16. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions embodied thereon for providing core network assistance information from a mobility management entity (MME), the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the MME to perform the following:
determining, at the MME, the core network assistance information, wherein the core network assistance information includes one or more of: an average connected state time for a user equipment (UE), an average idle state time for the UE, or a number of handover procedures between cells associated with an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) for the MME in a selected time period; and encoding the core network assistance information for transmission from the MME to an eNodeB of the UE; and
17. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the MME to perform the following:
determining the average connected state time for the UE; determining the average idle state time for the UE; identifying an amount of time the UE spends in cells associated with the EPC for the MME to determine the number of handover procedures between cells in the selected time period; and including one or more of the average connected state time, the average idle state time, or the number of handover procedures in the selected time period in the core network assistance information.
18. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the MME to perform the following: encoding the core network assistance information for transmission to the eNodeB via an S1 connection with the MME.
19. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the MME to perform the following: encoding the core network assistance information for transmission to a target eNodeB at a handover of the UE to enable the target eNodeB to reduce UE state transitions for the UE.
20. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions embodied thereon for receiving core network assistance information for a user equipment (UE), the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause an eNodeB to perform the following:
decoding, at the eNodeB, the core network assistance information received from an mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet system (EPS) of the eNodeB; and adjusting, at the eNodeB, selected parameters for the UE based on the core network assistance information to reduce state transitions of the UE and network signaling overhead.
21. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the core network assistance information includes: an average time that the UE is in a connected state with the MME, an average time that the UE is in an idle state with the MME, and a number of handover procedures between cells that occur for the UE in a selected time period; and
22. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the eNodeB to perform the following: encoding the core network assistance information for transmission from the eNodeB to a target eNodeB via an X2 connection at a handover of the UE to enable the target eNodeB to reduce UE state transitions for the UE.

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