Load balancing policy determining method and apparatus

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a first device, first information of at least one first base station, wherein the first device performs load prediction on the at least one first base station based on the first information, and the first information of one first base station comprises at least a first portion of information associated with a first cell, wherein the first cell is managed by the first base station, and further comprises at least a second portion of information associated with a first terminal device located in the first cell;
• determining, by the first device, first load prediction information of the at least one first base station based on the first information of the at least one first base station, wherein at least a portion of the first load prediction information corresponding to each first base station comprises a first category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding first cell or a second category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding first terminal device;
• obtaining, by the first device, second load prediction information of at least one second base station from a second device, wherein the second load prediction information of each second base station comprises at least a third category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding second cell or a fourth category of load prediction information associated with a second terminal device located in the second cell, and wherein the second base station manages the second cell;
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• determining, by the first device, a load policy of the at least one first base station based on the first load prediction information of the at least one first base station and the second load prediction information of the at least one second base station.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable memory connected to the at least one processor and including computer program code, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
• obtain first information of at least one first base station, and performs load prediction on the at least one first base station based on the first information, the first information of the at least one first base station comprises at least a first portion of information about a first cell, wherein the first cell is managed by the first base station, and further comprises at least a second portion of information about a first terminal device located in the first cell;
• determine first load prediction information of the at least one first base station based on the first information of the at least one first base station, wherein the at least a portion of the first load prediction information of each first base station comprises a first category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding first cell or a second category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding first terminal device;
• obtain second load prediction information of at least one second base station from a second device, wherein the second load prediction information of each second base station comprises at least a third category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding second cell or a fourth category of load prediction information associated with a second terminal device located in the second cell, and wherein the second base station manages the second cell;
• and
• determine a load policy of the at least one first base station based on the first load prediction information of the at least one first base station and the second load prediction information of the at least one second base station.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable memory connected to the at least one processor and including computer program code, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
• obtain second information of at least one second base station, and performs load prediction on the at least one second base station based on the second information, and the second information of one second base station comprises at least a first portion of information associated with a second cell, wherein the second base station manages the second cell, and further comprises (ii) at least a second portion of information associated with a second terminal device located in the second cell;
• determine second load prediction information of the at least one second base station based on the second information of the at least one second base station, wherein at least a portion of the second load prediction information of each second base station comprises a first category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding second cell or a second category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding second terminal device;
• obtain first load prediction information of at least one first base station, wherein the first load prediction information of each first base station comprises at least a third category of load prediction information associated with a corresponding first cell or a fourth category of load prediction information associated with a first terminal device located in the first cell, and wherein the first base station manages the first cell;
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• determine a load policy of the at least one second base station based on the second load prediction information of the at least one second base station and the first load prediction information of the at least one first base station.