Apple Inc.
CENTRALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS FOR PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER CONFIGURATION AND AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION

Abstract:

Systems, devices, and techniques for self-organizing networks (SON) including automatic neighbor relation (ANR) management and physical cell identifier (PCI) configuration aspects are described. A described ANR technique includes enabling, by an ANR management function, a distributed ANR function at a node such as a gNB; receiving, by the ANR management function, a notification from the distributed ANR function indicating a change of a neighbor cell relation in a cell; and performing, by the ANR management function, an action based on the notification. Performing the action can include setting a blacklist of one or more neighbor cell relations, setting a whitelist of one or more neighbor cell relations, or changing one or more attributes of one or more neighbor cell relations.