Patent ID: 11950157
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 22:
23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed in an access node, causes the access node to execute a method for controlling radio channel deployment in an un- licensed spectrum, the method comprising:
determining unlicensed carrier intrinsic cell channel load for an unlicensed carrier in a cell served by the access node based on one or more predetermined channel load indicators;
obtaining neighbor cell channel load information from one or more neighboring access nodes, the neighbor cell channel load information comprising unlicensed carrier channel load in respective neighbor cells to the cell served by the access node based on the one or more predetermined channel load indicators;
initiating at least one channel deployment operation based on an outcome of one or more comparative operations comprising the determined unlicensed carrier intrinsic cell channel load and/or the obtained neighbor cell channel load information;
transmitting, from the access node, the intrinsic cell channel load on the unlicensed carrier; and
transmitting, from the access node, the neighbor cell channel load information on the unlicensed carrier.