Abstract: A core network entity includes a core network entity processing circuit. The core network entity processing circuit calculates a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters in response to a received service request from a user equipment, and adjusts a dormancy timer for the user equipment based on (i) at least one load condition for the wireless network, and (ii) a comparison between each of the plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters and a corresponding one of a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameter threshold values. The core network entity then outputs the adjusted dormancy timer to a base station serving the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for load balancing among carriers within a wireless communication network, this method comprising the following steps—collecting information indicative of a user traffic profile, this user traffic profile being associated with a user equipment connected through a first carrier frequency to the wireless communication network; deciding on whether to offload the traffic of the user equipment from the first carrier frequency to a second carrier frequency on the basis of at least the information indicative of the user traffic profile.

Abstract: A core network entity includes a core network entity processing circuit. The core network entity processing circuit calculates a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters in response to a received service request from a user equipment, and adjusts a dormancy timer for the user equipment based on (i) at least one load condition for the wireless network, and (ii) a comparison between each of the plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters and a corresponding one of a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameter threshold values. The core network entity then outputs the adjusted dormancy timer to a base station serving the user equipment.

Abstract: A method of facilitating paging in a wireless communications network includes generating, at a radio access network (RAN) element of the communications network, a select paging area for a UE which is improved or optimized by taking RAN and UE specific information into account, the select paging area including information indicating one or more cells from among cells of the communications network to which paging messages are to be sent when paging the UE; and sending the select paging area from the RAN element to a core network (CN) element of the communications network.

Abstract: A method of setting hand over (HO) parameters for a user equipment (UE) connected to a first cell of a base station (BS) may include receiving, at the BS, history data corresponding to the UE, the history data including, for each of a plurality of cells the UE was previously connected to, an entry including HO information of the UE at the cell; determining at the BS, an activity type of the UE based on the received history data; and setting, at the BS, the HO parameters for the UE based on the determined activity type, the HO parameters controlling the manner in which the UE detects conditions for initiating an HO event.

Abstract: A method in one example comprises receiving a measurement report for a handover at a source evolved Node B (eNodeB) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network. The measurement report is received from a user equipment (UE) served by the source eNodeB. A determination is made whether the UE is dormant. A determination is made whether a current load level for the handover is over a threshold. The measurement report is discarded if the current load level is over the threshold and the UE is dormant. The handover is triggered based on the measurement report if the current load level is not over the threshold or the UE is not dormant.

Abstract: A method of setting hand over (HO) parameters for a user equipment (UE) connected to a first cell of a base station (BS) may include receiving, at the BS, history data corresponding to the UE, the history data including, for each of a plurality of cells the UE was previously connected to, an entry including HO information of the UE at the cell; determining at the BS, an activity type of the UE based on the received history data; and setting, at the BS, the HO parameters for the UE based on the determined activity type, the HO parameters controlling the manner in which the UE detects conditions for initiating an HO event.

Abstract: A method in one example comprises receiving a measurement report for a handover at a source evolved Node B (eNodeB) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network. The measurement report is received from a user equipment (UE) served by the source eNodeB. A determination is made whether the UE is dormant. A determination is made whether a current load level for the handover is over a threshold. The measurement report is discarded if the current load level is over the threshold and the UE is dormant. The handover is triggered based on the measurement report if the current load level is not over the threshold or the UE is not dormant.

Abstract: A method and system for improving the reliability of a system, such as a software system, is disclosed. “Service measurements” that are routinely measured and monitored in connection with the operation of systems (e.g., QOS (Quality Of Service) measurements) are utilized in the reliability architecture of the system. Service measurements include a number of alternative data types, such as transactions completed, messages received, messages sent, calls completed, bytes transmitted, jobs processed, etc. Any operations of the system that are typically monitored for other purposes can be utilized in the reliability architecture of the present invention. Most systems track these types of statistics as, for example, part of their billing procedures or part of their performance bench-marking or QOS processes.