Balancing of common control channel load in a communications system

摘要

A communications system having a first air interface with a first set of physical channels or over a second air interface with a second set of physical channels. Communications are assigned by a network element toa physical channel of the first air interface or a physical channel of the second air interface. The network element stores a criterion that is triggered by a defined communication event between the mobile station and the network element. Common control channel communications assigned to to a channel of the second interface in response to a result of the testing of the criterion. The common control channel signalling load can be more accurately and dynamically balanced.