Patent ID: 9510240
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for implementing a cell load balancing mechanism for wireless networks including a plurality of network cells, each of said plurality of network cells comprising a base station, by at least one wireless user equipment (UE) connected through a wireless network to a serving base station, the method comprising said at least one wireless UE performing actions comprising: estimating cell loads of the serving base station and of the plurality of network cells by analyzing a downlink air interface load, wherein in case of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cells, said downlink air interface load is determined based on a maximum available TX power in the cell (MAX_TX_POWER, said MAX_TX_POWER being included as part of any relevant system information blocks transmitted in a broadcast channel or created within a new system information block; providing, to said wireless network, information about the estimated cell load of said plurality of network cells; and performing a network cell selection based on said estimated cell loads, wherein said network cell selection is performed without any exchange of cell load between said plurality of network cells.