HYBRID ACCESS MODE DYNAMIC TRAFFIC OFFLOADING IN AN H(e)NB CELL ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorRickard Ljung
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Abstract
A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in a H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) includes determining that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold, and, based on this determination, transmitting a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal.
Claims20
A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), the method comprising:
- determining that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold;
- and
- based on the determining, transmitting a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal.
A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), the method comprising:
- transmitting a signal indicating that a non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell;
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- in response to the signal indicating that the non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell, receiving a signal indicating to the non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the non-CSG terminal.
A network entity in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) and operating in hybrid access mode, the network entity comprising:
- a dynamic traffic offloading logic configured to determine that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold and further configured to, based on the determination, encode a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal.
A wireless terminal in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) and operating in hybrid access mode, wherein the wireless terminal is a wireless non-CSG terminal, the wireless terminal comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell;
- a receiver configured to receive in response to the signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell a signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal;
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- a hybrid access mode logic configured to determine, based on the signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal, whether the wireless non-CSG terminal is to request connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell.
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