Automatic neighbor relationships for a 5g air interface or other next generation network interfaces

Abstract

Beamforming techniques can improve base station transmission power and user equipment (UE) sensitivity reception. For example, beamforming can create a narrow beam, which can concentrate signal power in a much smaller region. Combined with base station (gNB) requests and UE location data, an accurate beam can be generated to cover a desired area. 5G base station broadcasts can utilize a globally unique cell identifier (e.g., physical cell identifier), and a locally unique cell identifier (e.g., new radio cell global identifier) to facilitate beamforming and mitigate handover failure.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 reporting, by a user equipment comprising a processor, first neighbor data associated with first neighboring cell base station equipment that is part of a network to serving cell base station equipment that is part of the network;   determining, by the user equipment, a location of the user equipment;   based on the location of the user equipment, receiving, by the user equipment, a signal from second neighboring cell base station equipment; and   in response to a determination based on a comparison of first data representative of the first neighboring cell base station equipment to second data representative of the servicing cell base station equipment, wherein a data structure comprises the second data and neighboring group data representative of a group of neighboring cellular base station equipment that neighbor the serving cell base station equipment, and in further response to receiving the signal, receiving, by the user equipment, a request to report second neighbor data associated with the second neighboring cell base station equipment to the serving cell base station equipment, wherein the second neighboring cell base station equipment is different from the first neighboring cell base station equipment, and wherein second identity data representative of a second identity of the second neighboring cell base station equipment is same as first identity data representative of a first identity of the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 labeling, by the user equipment, the second neighboring cell base station equipment as a new base station equipment not previously represented in the data structure.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request to report is a first request, and further comprising:
 receiving, by the user equipment, a second request for an internet protocol address corresponding to the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein reporting the first neighbor data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment comprises reporting physical cell identifier data, and wherein the physical cell identifier data comprises the first identity data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request to report is a first request, and further comprising:
 in response to receiving a second request for an internet protocol address of the first neighboring cell base station equipment, facilitating, by the user equipment, establishing a tunnel between the serving cell base station equipment and the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 using a tunnel established between the serving cell base station equipment and the first neighboring cell base station equipment, performing, by the user equipment, a communication handover from the serving cell base station equipment and the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein reporting the first neighbor data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment comprises reporting local unique cell identifier data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment. 
     
     
         8 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   reporting first base station data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment to serving cell base station equipment, wherein the first neighboring cell base station equipment and the serving cell base station equipment are part of a communication network;   determining a location associated with a user equipment;   based on the location associated with the user equipment, receiving a signal from second neighboring cell base station equipment; and   based on a result of a comparison between the first neighboring cell base station equipment and the serving cell base station equipment, wherein a data structure comprises serving cell base station data representative of the serving cell based station equipment and neighboring list data representative of a group of neighboring cellular base station equipment that neighbor the serving cell base station equipment, and in response to receiving the signal, receiving a prompt to report second base station data associated with the second neighboring cell base station equipment to the serving cell base station equipment, wherein the second neighboring cell base station equipment is different from the first neighboring cell base station equipment, and wherein a second identity represented in second identity data of the second neighboring cell base station equipment is identical to a first identity represented in first identity data of the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 sending request data representative of a first request for additional first neighboring cell base station equipment data to the user equipment, and wherein the request data comprises a second request for data associated with the second neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 sending a request for an internet protocol address associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment via the serving cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 detecting the first neighboring cell base station equipment associated with the network.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 establishing a data tunnel communication between the serving cell base station equipment and the first neighboring cell base station equipment.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein reporting the first base station data associated with the first neighboring cell base station equipment is performed in response to detecting the first neighboring cell base station equipment. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 sending instruction data representative of an instruction for the user equipment to utilize a beam from the second cell neighboring base station equipment.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 reporting, with respect to a first neighboring cell base station, to a serving cell base station;   based on a location associated with a mobile device, receiving a signal from a second neighboring cell base station; and   in response to a determination based on a comparison of the serving cell base station, as represented in a data structure, to the first neighboring cell base station, wherein the data structure comprises neighboring base station data representative of a group of neighboring cellular base stations that neighbor the serving cell base station, and in further response to receiving the signal, receiving a prompt to report, with respect to the second neighboring cell base station, to the serving cell base station, wherein the second neighboring cell base station is different from the first neighboring cell base station, and wherein the second neighboring cell base station has a same identification as the first neighboring cell base station.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to a condition being determined to have been satisfied, instructing that a handover of the mobile device be performed from the serving cell base station to the first neighbor cell base station.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 based on the location of the mobile device, determining that the mobile device is threshold likely to be within a beam generated by the second neighbor cell base station device.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 based on a result of comparing a first identity represented in first identity data corresponding to the first neighbor cell base station to a second identity represented in second identity data corresponding to the second neighbor base station, determining that the second neighboring cell base station has the same identification as the first neighboring cell base station.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to a condition, associated with a result of comparing a first identity represented in first identity data corresponding to the first neighbor cell base station to a second identity represented in second identity data corresponding to the second neighbor cell base station, being determined to have been satisfied, labeling the second neighbor cell base station as a new base station not presently represented in the data structure.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to labeling the second neighbor cell base station as the new base station not presently represented in the data structure, generating an additional field in the data structure to identify a relationship between the serving cell base station and the second neighbor cell base station.