Load balancing

摘要

A method of balancing user equipment traffic load between at least two cells supported by a base station in a wireless telecommunication network, a computer program product and network access node operable to perform that method. The method comprising: determining that an operational parameter of at least one of the at least two cells meets criteria indicative of an overload of user equipment traffic; transmitting a link parameter which indicates that establishment of a dedicated communication link with the base station within the at least one cell is unavailable to user equipment operating within the at least one cell without an established dedicated communication link. Aspects allow for early balancing of load within an overloaded network.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
load balancing between cells in a wireless telecommunication network, comprising: determining at a network access node that an operational parameter of a cell of said cells meets criteria indicative of overload within said cell; transmitting from said network access node a radio resource control connection rejection message in response to a request from user equipment for a dedicated communication link within said cell, said radio resource control connection rejection message comprising a link parameter which indicates that establishment of a dedicated communication link within said cell is unavailable to user equipment operating within said cell, said link parameter comprising an instruction to lower a connection establishment priority parameter associated with said cell; wherein said radio resource control connection rejection message comprises a priority list assigning a lower connection priority to at least one of a carrier and radio access technology of the wireless telecommunication network, and wherein said lower connection establishment priority associated with said cell is indicated in said priority list.