Patent ID: 9137692
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a user equipment, UE, for estimating a relative load in a network, the network including a plurality of base stations, one of the base station being a serving base station to the UE, the method comprising: measuring a Reference Symbol Received Power, RSRP, for each base station the UE detects; measuring a carrier to interference and noise ratio, CINR; determining a geometry measure, G, G being equal to an RSRP for a serving cell of the serving base station divided by at least a sum of RSRPs for remaining base stations that the UE detects; estimating the CINR at full load by using the geometry measure, G; and estimating the relative load by dividing G by CINR.