发明名称 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING LOAD STEERING IN HETEROGENEOUS RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS |
摘要 |
According to a first aspect there is provided a method of enabling load steering between a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Radio Access Network (RAN) and a Wi-Fi RAN. The method comprises, at a server, generating overlap information associating one or more cells of the 3GPP RAN with one or more Access Points (AP) of the Wi-Fi RAN, wherein a cell of the 3GPP RAN is associated with an AP of the Wi-Fi RAN if it is determined that the cell overlaps with an area covered by the AP. The server then determines an off-load schedule for a cell of the 3GPP RAN, the off-load schedule indicating when an overlapping AP of the Wi-Fi RAN can reject an attempt by a user terminal to attach to the AP of the Wi-Fi RAN, and sends the off-load schedule to the Wi-Fi RAN. |
申请公布号 |
US2015237529(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.08.20 |
申请号 |
US201214421803 |
申请日期 |
2012.08.15 |
申请人 |
Nylander Tomas;Stalnacke Per-Daniel |
发明人 |
Nylander Tomas;Stalnacke Per-Daniel |
分类号 |
H04W28/08;H04W48/06;H04W72/04 |
主分类号 |
H04W28/08 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method of enabling load steering between a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Radio Access Network (RAN) and a Wi-Fi RAN, the method comprising, at a server:
generating overlap information associating one or more cells of the 3GPP RAN with one or more Access Points, (AP) of the Wi-Fi RAN, wherein a cell of the 3GPP RAN is associated with an AP of the Wi-Fi RAN if it is determined that the cell overlaps with an area covered by the AP; determining an off-load schedule for a cell of the 3GPP RAN, the off-load schedule indicating when an overlapping AP of the Wi-Fi RAN can reject an attempt by a user terminal to attach to the AP of the Wi-Fi RAN; and sending the off-load schedule to the Wi-Fi RAN. |
地址 |
Varmdo SE |