Patent ID: 8855664

Claim:
A method for implementing load balancing in a home NodeB environment, comprising: a macro NodeB actively sending a home NodeB information request message to target home NodeBs so as to acquire information of the target home NodeBs in following way: the macro NodeB sending the home NodeB information request message to the target home NodeBs; the target home NodeBs feeding back a home NodeB information request response message to the macro NodeB after receiving the home NodeB information request message; wherein, the home NodeB information request message and home NodeB information request response message are implemented through a newly added X2 interface message or a newly added S1 interface message; if the home NodeB information request message and home NodeB information request response message are implemented through a S1 interface, the home NodeB information request message and home NodeB information request response message performs passthrough through a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and a home NodeB gateway; when the load of a macro cell exceeds a preset threshold, according to the obtained information of the target home NodeBs and a measurement report reported by a User Equipment (UE), the macro NodeB selecting the target home NodeB with better signal quality for the UE to perform handover.