Patent ID: 9374726
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for estimating a load imparted on a cell in a cellular communications network by user equipments in the cell, the method comprising: calculating an average power of the cell by a basestation associated with the cell; calculating an bit rate achieved for each currently scheduled user equipment in the cell; estimating a current value of the load imparted on the cell as a sum of required bit rates for each currently scheduled user equipment in the cell divided by a sum of the calculated achieved bit rates for each user equipment in the cell, multiplied by the calculated average power of the cell divided by a maximum power available in the cell; estimating an actual load imparted on the cell as a sum of a fraction taken of a previous value of the load imparted on the cell and a fraction taken of the estimated current value of the load imparted on the cell; and adjusting the fraction taken of the previous value of the load and the fraction taken of the estimated current value of the load by: