Patent ID: 9549343
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: collecting, by a first base station, first load information of the first base station, the first load information of the first base station comprising radio link load utilization information of the first base station and transport link load utilization information of the first base station, the first load information further comprising both first historic network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the first base station in a past time and first current network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the first base station in near real-time; collecting, by the first base station, from a second base station, second load information of the second base station, the second load information comprising both second historic network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the second base station in a past time and second current network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the second base station in near real-time; collecting, by the first base station, from a WI-FI access point, third load information of the WI-FI access point, the third load information comprising both third historic network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the WI-FI access point in a past time and third current network load information obtained based upon network load experienced by the WI-FI access point in near real-time; generating, by the first base station, a system information block message comprising the first load information of the first base station, the second load information of the second base station, and the third load information of the WI-FI access point; and sending, by the first base station, the system information block message to a target mobile device configured to determine, based at least in part upon the first load information of the first base station, the second load information of the second base station, and the third load information of the WI-FI access point, which radio access network of a plurality of radio access networks to connect to.