Low-Power Base Station Auto-Configuration from Device and Location Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
The setting process for low power base station devices is labor-intensive and time-consuming, necessitating manual installation and configuration by network operators, which increases the time to deployment and operational costs.
Innovation Solution
A setting system and method utilizing a business support system, operation support system, staging server, gateway, and element management system to automate the installation and configuration of low power base station devices by generating and applying unique identification and setting information based on device-specific and location-specific data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual installation and configuration by network operators is used, then device complexity and reliability are ensured, but productivity and ease of operation deteriorate due to labor-intensive processes
Solution Approach 1:
The base station device automatically performs configuration by reading identification information from its own identification module, generating setting information locally, and writing it to its own setting module without requiring manual operator intervention. This self-service mechanism maintains reliability through automated consistent configuration while dramatically improving deployment productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification information is pre-stored in the base station device's identification module before deployment. The device performs preliminary configuration actions automatically by retrieving this pre-stored information and generating setting information in advance, eliminating the need for manual configuration during actual deployment and thus improving productivity while ensuring reliability.
2Productivity
If automated configuration is implemented, then productivity and ease of operation improve, but device complexity increases due to additional systems and protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The identification module serves multiple functions: it stores identification information, provides authentication credentials, and enables the device to generate its own setting information. By making this single module multi-functional, the patent achieves automated configuration (improving productivity) without adding separate dedicated components (avoiding increased device complexity).
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the identification storage function, authentication function, and setting information generation function into a unified automated configuration process. The base station device combines these functions internally, eliminating the need for separate manual configuration systems and reducing overall system architecture complexity while maintaining high productivity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If unique identification information is assigned to each device, then adaptability and reliability improve, but manufacturing precision and loss of information increase due to tracking and verification requirements
Solution Approach 1:
Each base station device uses its own unique identification information stored in its identification module to generate its own setting information autonomously. This self-service approach ensures adaptability through device-specific configuration while minimizing information management overhead, as each device manages its own identification data without requiring extensive external tracking and verification systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The unique identification information is pre-assigned and stored in the device's identification module during manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures that each device has its unique identifier ready before deployment, enabling device-specific configuration (adaptability) while reducing subsequent information management overhead, as the identification data is already in place and does not require complex tracking during deployment.
Data Source
AI summary
An OSS generates second identification information from first identification information, and generates setting information of a low power base station device based on the second identification information while reflecting position information. When verification of the first identification information is successful, the OSS transmits third identification information of a security GW and fourth identification information of an EMS to the low power base station device. The EMS receives a power on notification from the low power base station device via an IPsec tunnel established at the security GW. The OSS identifies the second identification information from the first identification information included in the power on notification, and writes the setting information identified from the second identification information to the low power base station device.