Patent ID: 11963041
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions for operating a centralized load balancing optimization (C-LBO) function, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors is to cause a compute node to:
receive a request to enable a load balancing optimization (LBO) function from a management services (MnS) consumer of a centralized self-organizing network (C-SON) management;
enable the LBO function in response to receipt of the request;
collect load-related measurements for a plurality of new radio (NR) cells;
determine, based on the load-related measurements, that load distribution optimization among the plurality of NR cells is necessary;
consume MnS of a network function (NF) provisioning MnS to configure a set of LBO parameters for NFs at the plurality of NR cells, wherein the consumption of the MnS is to cause the NF provisioning MnS to change the LBO parameters in the NFs;
collect LBO performance measurements to evaluate performance of the C-LBO function; and
analyze the LBO performance measurements to determine whether the performance of the C-LBO function meets an expected LBO performance.