Patent ID: 8085709

Claim:
A method for managing radio resources in a mobile communications network having a plurality of cells, wherein said radio resources are managed by a plurality of radio resources management procedures arranged for having available at least one maximum downlink load value representative of the maximum total load level of each cell of said network; and for measuring at least one uplink load value and at least one current downlink total load value of each cell of said network, comprising the steps of: defining at least two status parameters comprising: a first status parameter or load status parameter having a first plurality of states, each of the first plurality of states determined by a first set of status ranges, said first set of status ranges being a range of values based on said measured uplink load value and said current downlink total load value, wherein said first parameter being representative of a level of interference of said network; a second status parameter or packet congestion flag having a second plurality of states, each of the second plurality of states determined by a second set of status ranges, said second set of status ranges being a range of values based on a congestion status in a packet management procedure; and adopting different sets of managing strategies associated with the radio resources management procedures of said network as a function of a state of the first and the second status parameters.