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Method and apparatus for load balancing in a Cloud-radio access network

US11510103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. · CN
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

Lei Xu · Beijing, CN
Tao Kong · Nanhu, CN
Bingquan Xie · Zhejiang, CN
Jiaping Yang · Zhejiang, CN
Hongmei XU · Jinan, CN
Xiaole Sun · Tucson, US
Shuo Zhang · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2017
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W80/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for load balancing in a Cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) are disclosed. A method includes receiving control plane (CP) data associated with a user from a core network or a remote access point; and dispatching the CP data to a first user equipment (UE) virtualized network function component (VNFC) based on a first route.

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