Load balancing based on an aggregate quality of service for applications using a carrier for wireless communication

摘要

A load threshold for a first carrier of a base station is set based on quality of service (QoS) classes for applications using the first carrier. Load balancing between the first carrier and one or more second carriers is performed based on the load threshold.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
setting a load threshold for a first carrier of a base station based on at least one key performance indicator of the first carrier and relative numbers of applications using the first carrier to access a wireless communication system at different quality of service (QoS) classes, wherein setting the load threshold for the first carrier based on QoS classes for the applications using the first carrier comprises increasing the load threshold in response to a percentage of best effort applications using the first carrier increasing relative to a percentage of guaranteed bit rate applications using the first carrier and decreasing the load threshold in response to a percentage of guaranteed bit rate applications using the first carrier increasing relative to a percentage of best effort applications using the first carrier; and performing load balancing between the first carrier and at least one second carrier based on the load threshold.