System and method for load balancing traffic over multiple radio frequency bands for self-organizing network optimization

A method comprising:

• determining load balancing ratios and unused throughput for a first frequency band and a second frequency band for a cell site;
• determining, based on the load balancing ratios and the unused throughputs, whether a load balancing procedure for the cell site should be performed to increase a traffic throughput at the cell site;
• and
• performing the load balancing procedure when it is determined that that the load balancing procedure should be performed for the cell site.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• determine load balancing ratios and unused throughput for a first frequency band and a second frequency band for a cell site;
• determine, based on the load balancing ratios and the unused throughputs, whether a load balancing procedure for the cell site should be performed to increase a traffic throughput at the cell site;
• and
• when the processor determines that the load balancing procedure should be performed, perform the load balancing procedure.