LOAD BALANCING

摘要

A method of balancing user equipment traffic load between at least two cells supported by a base station in a wireless telecommunication network, a computer program product and network access node operable to perform that method. The method comprising: determining that an operational parameter of at least one of the at least two cells meets criteria indicative of an overload of user equipment traffic; transmitting a link parameter which indicates that establishment of a dedicated communication link with the base station within the at least one cell is unavailable to user equipment operating within the at least one cell without an established dedicated communication link. Aspects allow for early balancing of load within an overloaded network.

主权项

1. A method of balancing user equipment traffic load between at least two cells supported by at least one base station in a wireless telecommunication network, said method comprising:
determining at a network access node that an operational parameter of at least one of said at least two cells meets criteria indicative of an overload of user equipment traffic within said at least one cell; transmitting from said network access node a rejection in response to a request from user equipment for a dedicated communication link with said base station within said at least one cell comprising a link parameter which indicates that establishment of a dedicated communication link with said base station within said at least one cell is unavailable to user equipment operating within said at least one cell, said link parameter comprising an instruction to lower a connection establishment priority parameter associated with said at least one cell.