Load estimation and load management in a cellular communications network
US9374726B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W52/346
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cellular communications network 10 comprises a plurality of basestations 12, 14, 16 and 18 connected to each other through an interface and to a core network through another interface. Each basestation has a coverage area referred to as a cell k. There are provided methods for estimating the load imparted on a cell in the cellular communications network by user equipments in the cell. The methods make it possible to estimate any potential increase in the load that may impact onto a target cell due to the handover of a UE from a serving cell.
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