Patent ID: 9497618
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for estimating an available capacity of a base station within a wireless communication access network, the method comprising: computing, using an apparatus disposed outside of a core network of the base station, an indication of a quality of communication between the base station and a mobile terminal, the indication being based on at least one of (i) a first multicarrier signal transmitted by the base station and received by the mobile terminal, (ii) measurement outputs corresponding to a plurality of reference signals, and (iii) a ratio of unused communication resources among available communication resources; estimating, using the apparatus, the available capacity of the base station based on the computed indication; receiving location information comprising a current location of the mobile terminal, the location information being generated by the mobile terminal; and adjusting the estimated available capacity of the base station based on the location information, wherein the computing comprises computing the indication using a measurement of a reception quality of a serving cell and a neighboring cell.