Patent ID: 9125090
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for load balancing in a wireless network including a cell having two or more carrier frequencies, comprising: receiving service requests from mobile devices in the cell; assigning during call setup for each of the service requests, if one or more trigger conditions are satisfied, a respective one of the two or more carrier frequencies to respective service requests in a round robin manner; determining whether at least one of the one or more trigger conditions are satisfied according to a difference in power between the two or more carrier frequencies reaching a predetermined level; and if the one or more trigger conditions are not satisfied for a call corresponding to a first service request of the service requests initiated on a first of the carrier frequencies, continuing the call on the first of the carrier frequencies until the call is complete; and if the one or more trigger conditions are satisfied for the call corresponding to the first service request on the first of the carrier frequencies, assigning the call to a second of the carrier frequencies in the round robin manner and the second of the carrier frequencies instead of the first of the carrier frequencies is used to complete the call.