Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to auditory nerve stimulation to create the perception of sound in the brain of a subject such as an animal or human being. In one form, a system includes an implantable electrode array including a plurality of spaced apart micro-needles. The system also includes a first electrical lead electrically coupled to and extending from the implantable electrode array, and an auditory signal device configured to produce one or more electrical signals representative of communications received from an external processor. An interposer is configured to electrically couple the implantable electrode array and the auditory signal device in an arrangement where one or more electrical signals produced by the auditory signal device may be transmitted through the first electrical lead to the implantable electrode array. Various novel stimulation strategies can be employed, such as place modulated stimulation signals.

Abstract: A method includes receiving at least one network performance indicator of a communication network from at least one cell in the network; determining a reward for the at least one cell in the network based on the at least one network performance indicator; and determining whether to modify at least one self-organizing network parameter of the at least one cell in the network to change the at least one network performance indicator or an average value of the reward, based in part on the determined reward.

Abstract: A load balancing process includes determining when the cell is overloaded, determining whether the cell is in a hold state, maintaining a current mitigation state for the cell when the cell is determined to be in a hold state, determining whether traffic has decreased for the cell since a previous time and whether mitigation was applied to the cell at the previous time, applying a hold state to the cell when the traffic is determined to have decreased and the mitigation is determined to have been applied, determining whether performance has decreased by a predetermined level for the cell when the cell is not in the hold state, and applying mitigation to the cell when performance has decreased by at least the predetermined level. Such a process may be implemented as a state machine in a system.

Abstract: A method for a cellular telecommunications network includes selecting a plurality of cells, retrieving neighbor lists for the plurality of cells, determining neighbor collisions from the neighbor lists, and changing an identifier for a first cell of the plurality of cells based on a portion of the neighbor collisions that are associated with the first cell. A collision may occur when a same non-unique identifier appears within a certain number of neighbor relationships, such as a neighbor of a neighbor or a neighbor of a neighbor of a neighbor.

Abstract: Optimization of a wireless communications network may be accomplished by evaluating relationships between a source cell and a plurality of target cells, determining an optimization value based on the evaluated relationships, and adjusting an antenna parameter of the source cell based on the optimization value.

Abstract: Optimization of a wireless communications network may be accomplished by collecting information for a plurality of target cells neighboring a source cell, calculating a tilt score based on the collected information, and adjusting an antenna of the source cell based on the tilt score.

Abstract: A method for a cellular telecommunications network includes selecting a plurality of cells, retrieving neighbor lists for the plurality of cells, determining neighbor collisions from the neighbor lists, and changing an identifier for a first cell of the plurality of cells based on a portion of the neighbor collisions that are associated with the first cell. A collision may occur when a same non-unique identifier appears within a certain number of neighbor relationships, such as a neighbor of a neighbor or a neighbor of a neighbor of a neighbor.

Abstract: A load balancing process includes determining when the cell is overloaded, determining whether the cell is in a hold state, maintaining a current mitigation state for the cell when the cell is determined to be in a hold state, determining whether traffic has decreased for the cell since a previous time and whether mitigation was applied to the cell at the previous time, applying a hold state to the cell when the traffic is determined to have decreased and the mitigation is determined to have been applied, determining whether performance has decreased by a predetermined level for the cell when the cell is not in the hold state, and applying mitigation to the cell when performance has decreased by at least the predetermined level. Such a process may be implemented as a state machine in a system.

Abstract: Optimization of a wireless communications network may be accomplished by collecting information for a plurality of target cells neighboring a source cell, calculating a tilt score based on the collected information, and adjusting an antenna of the source cell based on the tilt score.

Abstract: Optimization of a wireless communications network may be accomplished by evaluating relationships between a source cell and a plurality of target cells, determining an optimization value based on the evaluated relationships, and adjusting an antenna parameter of the source cell based on the optimization value.