Load balancing method and related wireless communication device
AssigneeWistron Neweb Corp.
InventorSheng-Kun Shen
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Abstract
A load balancing method for a wireless communication device includes checking a total loading of the wireless communication device, wherein the total loading comprises a first loading of an omni antenna and a second loading of a directional antenna; and adjusting transmission power of the wireless communication device according to the total loading of the wireless communication device and information sent by at least one neighbor wireless communication device, in order to perform load balancing.
Claims12
A load balancing method for a wireless communication device, the load balancing method comprising:
- checking a total loading of the wireless communication device, wherein the total loading comprises a first loading of an omni antenna and a second loading of a directorial antenna;
- and
- adjusting transmission power of the omni antenna and the directional antenna according to the total loading of the wireless communication device and information sent by at least one neighbor wireless communication device, in order to perform load balancing;
- wherein the step of adjusting the transmission power of the omni antenna and the directional antenna according to the total loading of the wireless communication device in order to perform load balancing comprises:
- reducing power of the directional antenna when determining the total loading is greater than a first value;
- sending location information of the wireless communication device and an assistance request to the at least one neighbor wireless communication device when determining the first loading is greater than a second value;
- and
- reducing power of the omni antenna when determining the first loading is greater than a third value.
A wireless communication device, comprising:
- a wireless module, for receiving information sent by at least one neighbor wireless
- communication device, the wireless module comprising:
- an omni antenna;
- and
- a directional antenna;
- a positioning unit, for confirming a location of the wireless communication device;
- and
- a processing unit, for checking a total loading of the wireless communication device and adjusting transmission power of the omni antenna and the directional antenna according to the total loading of the wireless communication device and information sent by the at least one neighbor wireless communication device in order to perform load balancing, wherein the total loading comprises a first loading of the omni antenna and a second loading of the directional antenna;
- wherein the processing unit adjusting the transmission power of the omni antenna and the directional antenna according to the total loading of the wireless communication device in order to perform load balancing comprises:
- the directional antenna reducing power of the directional antenna when the processing unit determining the total loading is greater than a first value;
- the directional antenna sending location information of the wireless communication device and an assistance request to the at least one neighbor wireless communication device when the processing unit determining the first loading is greater than a second value;
- and
- the omni antenna reducing power of the omni antenna when the processing unit determining the first loading is greater than a third value.
A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a first wireless communication device, for performing load balancing, the first wireless communication device comprising:
- a first wireless module, for transmitting or receiving location information and an assistance request, the first wireless module comprising:
- a first omni antenna;
- and
- a first directional antenna;
- a first positioning unit, for generating the location information;
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- a first processing unit, for checking a first total loading of the first wireless communication device and adjusting transmission power of the first omni antenna and the first directional antenna according to the first total loading of the first wireless communication device in order to perform load balancing, wherein the first total loading comprises a first loading of the first omni antenna and a second loading of the first directional antenna;
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- at least one second wireless communication device, for performing load balancing, each of the at least one second wireless communication device comprising:
- a second wireless module, for receiving the location information and the assistance request, the second wireless module comprising:
- a second omni antenna;
- and
- a second directional antenna;
- a second positioning unit, for obtaining a location of the first wireless communication device according to the location information;
- and
- a second processing unit, for adjusting transmission power of the at least one second wireless communication device according to the assistance request, in order to perform load balancing;
- wherein the first processing unit adjusting the transmission power of the first omni antenna and the first directional antenna according to the first total loading of the first wireless communication device in order to perform load balancing comprises:
- the first directional antenna reducing power of the first directional antenna when the first processing unit determining the first total loading is greater than a first value;
- the first directional antenna sending the location information of the wireless communication device and the assistance request to the at least one second neighbor wireless communication device when the first processing unit determining the first loading is greater than a second value;
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- the first omni antenna reducing power of the first omni antenna when the first processing unit determining the first loading is greater than a third value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.