Communications system
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorJagdeep Singh Ahluwalia
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Abstract
A method performed by a base station includes generating a request for resource status information, sending the generated request to a neighboring base station, receiving one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information, and performing load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages.
Claims15
A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:
- generating a request for resource status information;
- sending the generated request to a neighboring base station;
- receiving one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information;
- and
- performing load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages.
A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for resource status information from a neighboring base station;
- obtaining one or more load balancing measurements for resources associated with the base station;
- generating one or more resource status update messages including the one or more load balancing measurements;
- and
- sending the generated one or more resource status update messages to the neighboring base station.
A base station, comprising:
- means for generating a request for resource status information;
- means for sending the generated request to a neighboring base station;
- means for receiving one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information;
- and
- means for performing load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages.
A base station, comprising:
- means for receiving a request for resource status information from a neighboring base station;
- means for obtaining one or more load balancing measurements for resources associated with the base station;
- means for generating one or more resource status update messages including the one or more load balancing measurements;
- and
- means for sending the generated one or more resource status update messages to the neighboring base station.
A base station, comprising:
- a request generator operable to generate a request for resource status information;
- a transceiver operable to transmit the generated request to a neighboring base station and operable to receive one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information;
- and
- a controller operable to perform load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages.
A base station, comprising:
- a transceiver operable to receive a request for resource status information from a neighboring base station;
- a controller operable to obtain one or more load balancing measurements for resources associated with the base station;
- and
- a resource status update message generator operable to generate one or more resource status update messages including the one or more load balancing measurements,
- wherein said transceiver is operable to transmit the generated one or more resource status update messages to the neighboring base station.
A communication system, comprising:
- a request generator operable to generate a request for resource status information;
- a transceiver operable to transmit the generated request to a neighboring base station and operable to receive one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information;
- a controller operable to perform load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages;
- and
- a mobile terminal configured for handover from said base station in accordance with said load balancing operations performed by said base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.