SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CELL CONGESTION LEVEL

摘要

A metric of cell congestion is determined using an average physical resource block rate that is expected to be allocated for a very active user equipment bearer that is a persistent average rate. The average physical resource block rate is mapped to congestion levels and this information is exported to an application function or a radio access network function in order to mitigate congestion. An average bearer throughput for the user equipment can be calculated based on the average physical resource block rate.

主权项

1. A method of determining cell congestion, comprising:
determining, by one or more processors of at least one network node, an average physical resource block rate to be allocated by a scheduler for very active bearers of a particular quality of service level and traffic direction, the very active bearers being bearers that continuously attempt to obtain a maximal fair share of physical resource blocks that are available by the scheduler for a given duration of time; mapping, by the one or more processors, the average rate of physical resource blocks to congestion levels to produce congestion level information; and exporting, by the one or more processors, the congestion level information.