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

Claim 26:
27. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed in a network node, causes the network node to execute a method comprising:
receiving, from an access node, a request to determine unlicensed carrier channel load based on one or more channel load indicators;
determining unlicensed carrier channel load in a cell served by the network node based on the one or more channel load indicators;
sending information comprising the determined unlicensed carrier channel load to the requesting access node;
transmitting, from the network node, intrinsic cell channel load on an unlicensed carrier; and
transmitting, from the network node, neighbor cell channel load information on the unlicensed carrier, wherein the neighbor cell channel load information comprises unlicensed carrier channel load in respective neighbor cells to a cell served by the network node.