Patent ID: 9451591
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for assigning radio resources to small cells in 3GPP networks, said method comprising: providing by a plurality of eNodeB wireless mobile connectivity to a plurality of User Equipment (UE); and aggregating, using a node running in a non-3GPP network, backhaul load information related to the access line of each one of said plurality of eNodeB, or any other remote equipment, providing said wireless mobile connectivity, wherein each one of said plurality of eNodeB includes an eNodeB identification and a MAC address of said eNodeB, the method further comprising: a) receiving, by a Proxy Serving Gateway (Proxy S-GW) located in said non-3GPP node, the MAC address of each one of the interfaces of said non-3GPP node on which said backhaul load information aggregation has been done and a traffic load of said received MAC address; b) communicating said Proxy S-GW with a Service Gateway (S-GW) pertaining to a 3GPP network using a standard S1 interface; and c) sending to said S-GW, through said standard S1 interface, in order to assign radio resources to said plurality of eNodeB, the received MAC address of each one of the interfaces of the non-3GPP node and the traffic load thereof, wherein: