Traffic management for wireless communication network
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorNirmal Chandrasekaran
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing telecommunication traffic for a wireless communication network associated with multiple coverage areas (“cells”) are disclosed. The system may detect congested cells of the wireless communication network, identify suitable neighboring cells for offloading traffic from the congested cells, and implementing handovers from congested cells to suitable neighbor cells to balance the wireless communication network traffic.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for balancing traffic in a wireless telecommunication network associated with a plurality of cells, the method comprising:
- determining a measure of capacity for each cell of the plurality of cells;
- identifying at least one congested cell from the plurality of cells based, at least in part, on the measure of capacity for each cell of the plurality of cells;
- identifying a subset of neighboring cells for the at least one congested cell, wherein each neighboring cell shares at least a portion of geographic coverage area with the congested cell;
- selecting at least one target cell from the subset of neighboring cells for offloading traffic from the congested cell based, at least in part, on the measure of capacity for each neighboring cell;
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- causing handover of active communication channels established by telecommunication devices from the at least one congested cell to the at least one target cell.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a first congested cell from a plurality of cells associated with a wireless communication network;
- identifying a first subset of neighboring cells for the congested cell, wherein each neighboring cell of the first subset shares at least a portion of geographic coverage area with the first congested cell;
- selecting a first target cell from the first subset of neighboring cells for offloading traffic from the first congested cell based, at least in part, on a measure of capacity for each neighboring cell of the first subset;
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- causing handover of active communication channels established by telecommunication devices from the first congested cell to the first target cell.
A system comprising a computing device in communication with one or more switching centers associated with a wireless communication network, the computing device configured to:
- identify a congested cell from a plurality of cells associated with the wireless communication network;
- identify a subset of neighboring cells for the congested cell, wherein each neighboring cell shares at least a portion of geographic coverage area with the congested cell;
- select a target cell from the subset of neighboring cells for offloading traffic from the congested cell based, at least in part, on a measure of capacity for each neighboring cell of the subset;
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- causing handover of active communication channel established by at least one telecommunication device from the congested cell to the target cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.