Global Patent Index - EP 2932752 A4

EP 2932752 A4 20160713 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AP CLUSTERING

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AP CLUSTERING

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERWALTUNG VON AP-CLUSTERING

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE GESTION DE REGROUPEMENT D'AP

Publication

EP 2932752 A4 20160713 (EN)

Application

EP 12889742 A 20121214

Priority

CN 2012086681 W 20121214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2014089834A1] The embodiments disclose a method for managing AP clustering in a radio communication network. The method comprises: obtaining traffic change related information for an AP cluster, the AP cluster comprises a plurality of APs; determining to perform a cluster splitting according to the traffic change related information; and splitting the AP cluster into a plurality of child AP clusters, each child AP cluster comprises at least one of the plurality of APs originally residing in the AP cluster.

IPC 8 full level

H04W 16/02 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [XYI] EP 2083590 A2 20090729 - FUJITSU LTD [JP]
  • [IAY] US 2012071200 A1 20120322 - BIENAS MAIK [DE], et al
  • [XAI] PAPADOGIANNIS A ET AL: "A Dynamic Clustering Approach in Wireless Networks with Multi-Cell Cooperative Processing", IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS, 2008 : ICC '08 ; 19 - 23 MAY 2008, BEIJING, CHINA, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 19 May 2008 (2008-05-19), pages 4033 - 4037, XP031266078, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2075-9
  • See references of WO 2014089834A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2014089834 A1 20140619; EP 2932752 A1 20151021; EP 2932752 A4 20160713

DOCDB simple family (application)

CN 2012086681 W 20121214; EP 12889742 A 20121214