Wireless Communication System Utilizing Broadcast-Based Blind Offloading

摘要

In an Long Term Evolution (LTE) environment, LTE base stations may collect relevant data from subscribing wireless devices, as well as from nearby LTE base stations and WLAN access points. Based on the collected data, as well as data of the base station itself, the base station may make a determination as to whether to institute offloading of some or all of the subscribing UEs. Rather than independently communicating the offload command to each of the UEs, the base station may issue a broadcast notification that may be decoded by all of the UEs for performing offloading. In order to mitigate a surge of offloading, the base station can include surge prevention parameters in the broadcast message to distribute or reduce offloading.

主权项

1. A base station, comprising:
a radio configured to communicate with a plurality of subscribing user equipment (UEs); and a processor and/or one or more circuits, coupled to the radio, configured to:
acquire data from the plurality of subscribing UEs and a target access point;determine, based on the acquired data, whether offloading of one or more of the subscribing UEs should be performed; andgenerate a broadcast message that includes an offload command for broadcast to the plurality of subscribing UEs based on the offloading determination.