Load balancing in a wireless network based on a load of a relay node
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorSreekar Marupaduga
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments described herein include systems, methods, and processing nodes for performing load balancing in a wireless network based on a load of a relay node communicatively coupled to a donor access node. Exemplary methods described herein include determining that a traffic load on a relay node meets a threshold, wherein the relay node is configured to relay traffic between an access node and a first one or more wireless devices attached to the relay node, and attempting to offload a second one or more wireless devices attached to the access node and located at a cell edge of the access node.
Claims20
A method for performing load balancing in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- determining that a traffic load on a relay node meets a threshold, wherein the relay node is configured to relay traffic between an access node and a first one or more wireless devices attached to the relay node;
- and
- attempting to offload a second one or more wireless devices attached to the access node and located at a cell edge of the access node.
A system for performing load balancing in a wireless network, the system comprising:
- a processing node;
- and
- a processor communicably coupled to the processing node, the processor for enabling the processing node to perform operations comprising:
- monitoring a load of a relay node attached to an access node, wherein the load is based on a resource requirement of wireless devices attached to the relay node;
- determining that the load meets a threshold;
- identifying a number of wireless devices attached to the access node and adjacent a cell edge of the access node;
- and
- initiating a handover of one or more of the number of wireless devices.
A processing node for performing load balancing in a wireless network, the processing node comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining a load of a relay node attached to an access node;
- and
- offloading wireless devices attached to the access node based on the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.