Patent ID: 9042893
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A congestion control method for a femtocell, comprising: prompting the femtocell to enter an access permitted mode when the femtocell is not congested; sending a system information modification notification from the femtocell when the femtocell enters the access permitted mode; and repeatedly adjusting at least one cell selection parameter or at least one cell reselection parameter by the femtocell, to gradually increase a coverage of the femtocell, when the femtocell enters the access permitted mode; wherein the step of repeatedly adjusting the at least one cell selection parameter or the at least one cell reselection parameter by the femtocell to gradually increase the coverage of the femtocell comprises: when the femtocell determines a first data is greater than a difference between a second data and a third data, iteratively adjusting each cell selection parameter or each cell reselection parameter to a target value by the femtocell; wherein, the first data represents a number of non-working user equipments, the second data represents a number of working user equipments, and the third data represents a maximum number of working equipments allowed by the femtocell.