Patent ID: 8504055
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for load balancing in a wireless communication system, said system providing a wireless service to at least one active user equipment, wherein a radio base station gateway is connected to at least two core network control nodes and to at least two radio base stations, said method characterised by the following steps, performed by the radio base station gateway: receiving a command for releasing a signaling connection associated with a user equipment due to load balancing, the command received from one of the core network control nodes in which at least one of said active user equipments is registered, receiving a message comprising a request for a signaling connection to a core network control node and a load balancing establishment cause, the message received from one of the radio base stations, and selecting a core network control node based on said load balancing establishment cause, when establishing the requested signaling connection.