Apparatus and method for deciding an offload list for a heavily loaded base station
US9526047B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for deciding an offload list for a heavily loaded base station are provided. The heavily loaded base station serves a plurality of user equipments. A part of the user equipments are candidate user equipments, wherein a connection quality parameter of each of the candidate user equipments is smaller than a threshold. Each of the candidate user equipments has an offload utility value and a service level agreement degree. The apparatus selects one of the candidate user equipments as a selected user equipment according to the offload utility values. The apparatus decides to add an identity of the selected user equipment into the offload list according to at least the service level agreement degree of the selected user equipment and a load of a target base station of the selected user equipment.
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