User equipment signaling traffic reduction
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsOmar Salvador, Dirk Neuberger, Jin Wang
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Abstract
A method in one example comprises receiving a measurement report for a handover at a source evolved Node B (eNodeB) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network. The measurement report is received from a user equipment (UE) served by the source eNodeB. A determination is made whether the UE is dormant. A determination is made whether a current load level for the handover is over a threshold. The measurement report is discarded if the current load level is over the threshold and the UE is dormant. The handover is triggered based on the measurement report if the current load level is not over the threshold or the UE is not dormant.
Claims20
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a measurement report for a handover, at a source evolved Node B (eNodeB) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network, from a user equipment (UE) served by the source eNodeB;
- determining if the UE is dormant;
- determining if a current load level for the handover is over a threshold;
- discarding the measurement report if the current load level is over the threshold and the UE is dormant;
- and
- triggering the handover based on the measurement report if the current load level is not over the threshold or the UE is not dormant.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for a handover of a UE from a source eNodeB of an LTE communication network;
- determining if a current load level for the handover is over a load threshold;
- accepting the request if the current load level is not over the load threshold;
- determining if an inactivity time for the UE is over a predetermined inactivity threshold;
- and
- rejecting the handover if the inactivity time is over the predetermined inactivity threshold.
An evolved Node B (eNodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network, said eNodeB operatively coupled to one or more user equipment (UE), eNodeB configured to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a measurement report for a handover, from a user equipment (UE) served by the eNodeB;
- determining if the UE is dormant;
- determining if a current load level for the handover is over a threshold;
- discarding the measurement report if the current load level is over the threshold and the UE is dormant;
- and
- triggering the handover based on the measurement report if the current load level is not over the threshold or the UE is not dormant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.