Mobility pattern based preemptive load balancing

摘要

Maps of high wireless device movement and high wireless device traffic are created. These maps are correlated over selected periods of time to determine when, and where, large numbers of wireless devices are both moving and creating problematic traffic. Stationary wireless devices using an access node in the problem area are identified before the selected time period (e.g., 30 minutes before commuting time). These stationary wireless devices are handed over to a reserved frequency band. During the selected time period, wireless devices requesting access in the problem area are denied access using the reserved frequency band and are instead forced to use another frequency band.

主权项

1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising:
correlating a first plurality of traffic volume indicators with a first plurality of mobility indicators, the first plurality of traffic volume indicators and the first plurality of mobility indicators associated with an access node and a reoccurring time period; based on the correlation between the first plurality of traffic volume indicators and the first plurality of mobility indicators over the reoccurring time period, selecting the access node for load balancing; prior to the reoccurring time period, determining a set of stationary wireless devices being served by the access node; and, during the reoccurring time period, controlling the access node to serve the set of stationary wireless devices using a first frequency band.