Patent ID: 8619708
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a wireless network that includes a device, the method comprising: detecting, by the device, an overload in a serving cell of the wireless network based on information associated with the serving cell; calculating a first user throughput of each user equipment in the serving cell based on a serving cell path gain for each of the user equipment in the serving cell, and a second user throughput of each user equipment in the serving cell based on a target cell path gain for each of the user equipment in the serving cell; determining, by the device and when the overload in the serving cell is detected, user equipment in the serving cell that are candidates to move to a target cell of the wireless network based on the calculated first and second user throughputs of user equipment in the serving cell; selecting, by the device, all user equipment that are determined to be candidates to move to the target cell and are further determined to be in a hysteresis zone provided between the serving cell and the target cell; and moving, by the device, the selected user equipment to the target cell, where said determining user equipment in the serving cell that are candidates to move to the target cell includes: where said moving the selected user equipment to the target cell includes: